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Muscari neglectum

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Name

Identification
Muscari flaccidum O.Schwarz [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Muscari racemosum
  • Muscari conilli
  • Muscari alpanicum
  • Muscari longeracemosum
  • Muscari macranthum
  • Muscari neglectum
  • Hyacinthus botryoides
  • Muscari atlanticum
  • Muscari maritimum
  • Hyacinthus racemosus
  • Muscari botryoides
  • Muscari mordoanum
  • Muscari letourneuxii
  • Muscari flaccidum

Flora

Entry for Muscari neglectum Gussone ex Tenore [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Muscari neglectum Gussone ex Tenore [family HYACINTHACEAE], Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol., App., 5: 13. 1842
Hyacinthus racemosus Linnaeus [family HYACINTHACEAE], 1753. not Muscari racemosum Miller 1768
Muscari atlanticum Boissier & Reuter [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gerald B. Straley†
Frederick H. Utech
Information
Plants to 20(–30) cm. Bulbs ovoid, 2–3 × 2–2.5 cm, offsets usually present, tunics dark brown. Leaves 3–6; blade channeled to subterete, narrowly linear, (10–)15–30(–40) cm × 2–5(–8) mm, apex abruptly contracted. Scape 8–25(–30) cm, usually ± equaling leaves. Racemes 20–40-flowered. Flowers: perianth tube blackish blue, obovoid to oblong-urceolate or cylindric, 4–6 × 2–3 mm, teeth white; fertile and sterile flowers ± equal (sterile may be slightly smaller and paler); pedicel declined or nodding, 3–5 mm. Capsules 5–7(–10) × 5–7(–10) mm. 2n = 18, 36, 45, 54, 72.
Altitude range
0–1500 m;
Distribution
s Europen Africasw Asiaexpected elsewhere.USA Ala.USA Ark.USA Conn.USA Del.USA D.C.USA Ga.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA La.USA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Miss.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Pa.USA S.C.USA Tenn.USA Tex.USA Va.USA W.Va.
Discussion
W. T. Stearn (1990) typified Hyacinthus racemosus and discussed the taxonomically different applications of that name and Muscari racemosum. The latter binomial, misattributed to (Linnaeus) Miller, sometimes has been used for what is correctly called M. neglectum.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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