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Muscari comosum
(Linnaeus) Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8 Muscari no. 2. 1768.
Tassel grape-hyacinth
Hyacinthus comosus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 318. 1753
Plants to 15(—30) cm. Bulbs ovoid, 3—3.5 × 2.5—3 cm, offsets absent, tunics pink. Leaves 3—5(—7); blade channeled, linear-lanceolate, 20—40 cm × 6—20(—30) mm, apex long-attenuate. Scape (15—)30—50(—80) cm, usually longer than leaves. Racemes 40—100-flowered. Flowers: perianth tube oblong-urceolate, those of fertile flowers pale to olive-brown, 5—8 × 2—4 mm, teeth lighter brown or white; sterile flowers bright violet, 2—6 × 1—2 mm; pedicel of fertile flowers ascending, 4—10(—15) mm, ± equaling perianth; pedicel of sterile flowers ascending, 6—25(—40) mm. Capsules 6—12 × 6—8 mm. 2n = 18, 27.
Flowering late spring. Roadsides, open woods, abandoned gardens; 0--800 m; introduced; Ga., Ill., Ky., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., Tenn., Va.; s Europe; n Africa; sw Asia; expected elsewhere.
