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Grape hyacinth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Muscari
Species:	M. neglectum
Binomial name
	Muscari neglectum; Guss. ex Ten.
Synonyms
	Muscari racemosum var. neglectum (Guss. ex Ten.) St.-Lag. ; Hyacinthus neglectus (Guss. ex Ten.) E.H.L.Krause ;

Muscari neglectum is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family Asparagaceae. Members of this genus are commonly known as grape hyacinths, and M. neglectum is known as common grape hyacinth^[1] or starch grape hyacinth.^[2] Muscari are perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia. They produce spikes of dense, commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant, for example, in temperate climates as a spring bulb.

Description

Muscari neglectum is a herbaceous plant growing from a bulb. The flower stems are 5–20 cm tall. The flowers are arranged in a spike or raceme and are dark blue with white lobes at their tips (teeth); there may be a cluster of paler sterile flowers at the top of the spike.^[3] The raceme is 2–6 cm long. The fruit is a 3-celled capsule with two ovules in each cell.^[4]

It is a very well known species in cultivation (being described as the "common" grape hyacinth by Brian Mathew);^[3] it increases rapidly and can become invasive.

Taxonomy

The name was attributed to Giovanni Gussone by Michele Tenore in a list of plants of the Neapolitan area published in 1842. The species has a confused nomenclatural history; no fewer than 46 full species names are listed as synonyms in the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.^[5] The name M. racemosum is commonly found as a synonym for M. neglectum in the horticultural literature,^[6] although the true M. racemosum Mill. is a different species.^[7]