Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muscari botryoides
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Compact Grape-hyacinth from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari botryoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-002:
Muscari botryoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Compact Grape-hyacinth
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mubo_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_m_botryoides_3957
February Lexington County SC
Corolla nearly spherical, the lobes strongly recurved, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm140421_509510
April Buncombe County NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Similar to M. atlanticum, but w globose flowers & flat leaves to 3/8" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muscari botryoides
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari botryoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-002:
Muscari botryoides
FAMILY
Liliaceae
3180
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Look for it to be persistent after cultivation as an ornamental and naturalized in lawns, old fields, suburban woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose, leaf tips usually withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue/ Violet
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, connate most of their length
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p365
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p420
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p008