Muscari parviflorum

Muscari parviflorum
	Muscari parviflorum in Israel
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Scilloideae
Genre :	Grape hyacinths ( Muscari )
Type :	Muscari parviflorum
Scientific name
	Muscari parviflorum
	Desf.

Muscari parviflorum is a species of grape hyacinth ( Muscari ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).

features

Muscari parviflorum is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 12 to 23 centimeters. This geophyte forms onions as persistent organs. The three to five leaves are narrowly linear and measure 7 to 20 centimeters × 0.8 to 1.5 millimeters.

Seven to twelve flowers are arranged in a very loose cluster. The stalks of the fertile flowers are ascending. There are no sterile flowers or they are only tiny. The flowers are light blue with six dark blue stripes. They are barely contracted at the top.

The flowering time is in October.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 36 or 45.

Occurrence

This species occurs in the Mediterranean from Spain and Algeria to Palestine and Turkey.

literature

Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 357 .

Individual evidence

↑ Muscari parviflorum , chromosome number at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): World Checklist of Asparagaceae. Muscari parviflorum . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on September 8, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Muscari parviflorum - collection of images, videos and audio files

[Tropicos-1] Muscari parviflorum , chromosome number at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): World Checklist of Asparagaceae. Muscari parviflorum . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on September 8, 2016.