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Grape hyacinth The low-growing flower clusters of the grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum).

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grape hyacinth, (genus Muscari), genus of about 50 species of small, bulbous perennials native to the Mediterranean region. Grape hyacinths are often planted as spring-flowering garden ornamentals. Some cultivated species readily naturalize and can become weedy.

Taxonomy

See also list of plants in the family Asparagaceae.

Most species of the genus have dense clusters of blue, white, yellow, or pink urn-shaped flowers that are borne at the tip of a leafless flower stalk. The flowers of some species have a musky odor. The leaves are long and narrow and emerge from an underground bulb. The fruit is a capsule.

Grape hyacinth
Grape hyacinthClose-up of starch grape hyacinth (Muscari neglectum) in bloom.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.