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Leopoldia Comosa
Muscari comosum
45.0694, 13.6262
Field Notes
Description:
It is a perennial bulbous plant. Usually called the Tassel Hyacinth, it is one of a number of species and genera also known as Grape Hyacinths. It has a tuft of bright blue to violet-blue sterile flowers above brownish-green fertile flowers, which open from dark blue buds. The flower stem is 20 – 60 cm tall; individual flowers are borne on long stalks, purple in the case of the sterile upper flowers. Mature fertile flowers are 5 – 10 mm long with stalks of this length or more and are bell-shaped, opening at the mouth, where there are paler lobes. The linear leaves are 5 – 15 mm wide, with a central channel.
Habitat:
It is found in rocky ground and cultivated areas, such as cornfields and vineyards, in south-east Europe to Turkey and Iran, but has naturalized elsewhere. This specimen was found in an ancient Roman quarry.
Notes:
It is eaten in Mediterranean countries under the name Cipollini, and is grown for this purpose. Other names: Tassel Hyacinth, Tufted Grape Hyacinth, Hairy Muscari and Edible Muscari.
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