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Grape hyacinth was introduced from Europe as a garden plant. The unbranched flowering scapes are green towards the base, purplish near the flowers, reaching maximum heights of 12". The leaves are all basal, 4-10" long, 3-8 mm wide, flat, hairless, and erect. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme on the scape. Individual flowers are drooping, urn-shaped with three blue sepals and three blue petals fused along their edges nearly to their tips where there are six small, rounded lobes. There are six stamens with purple anthers and a green ovary with a single style terminating in a three-lobed stigma; all are hidden well within the mouth of the urn. The fruits are three-lobed capsules, about 5 mm long and wide.

Muscari

Muscari botryoides

grape hyacinth [Blooms: Apr]