Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Starch Grape-hyacinth from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muscari neglectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Muscari neglectum
(?) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Muscari atlanticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-001:
Muscari racemosum FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muscari racemosum
COMMON NAME:
Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mura2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070323_005
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Cylindrical blue flowers under 1/4" long, nodding on short pedicels, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160331_217
March Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm160331_223
March Greenville County SC
Field
Fruits are distinctly angled 3-chambered capsules with 2 seeds per chamber, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190325_6925
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150407_082084
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves nearly terete, 1-3 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm150407_086
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Corolla ellipsoid-ovoid, distinctly longer than wide, the lobes erect, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muscari neglectum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muscari neglectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Muscari neglectum
(?)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Muscari atlanticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-30-001:
Muscari racemosum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muscari racemosum
958
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental, persistent and naturalized in lawns, old fields, suburban woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Mountains of GA & SC, common in NC Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
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
Flowers in a compact raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p432
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p365
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p420
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p008
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