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Family: Asparagaceae
Muscari armeniacum

Citation: Baker, Gdnrs' Chron. 9:798 (1878).

Synonymy: M. conicum Baker, Gdnrs' Chron. 1:799 (1878); M. neglectum sensu J. Black, Fl.S. Aust. 198 (1943), non Guss.

Common name: None

Description:
Leaves 4-8, 10-30 cm long, channelled below, 3-8 mm broad.

Flowers c. 4 mm long, sky-blue to purplish-blue, scented, in a dense oblong raceme 1.5-4 cm long, obovoid-urceolate; lobes white, recurved; neuter flowers up to 10.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, NL, MU, YP, SL.   Vic.   Native to south-east Europe.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.


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