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grape hyacinth

A bulb native to Europe and the Mediterranean region; leaves grass-like, semi-cylindrical; flowers in a dense spike-like inflorescence, drooping, urn-shaped with six small lobes; the blue upper flowers often sterile, brighter-coloured, acting as an extra attractant. It is cultivated for ornament. (Genus: Muscari, 60 species. Family: Liliaceae.)

racemosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Genus: Muscari
Mill.
Species

about 40, including:

Muscari armeniacum Muscari aucheri Muscari azureum Muscari botryoides Muscari latifolium Muscari muscarimi (=M.

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