Muscari botryoides

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae}}

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|taxon = Muscari botryoides

|image = Muscari botryoides Texas.JPG

|image_caption = Naturalized in Austin, Texas.

|authority = (L.) Mill.

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|Hyacinthus botryoides|L.

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Muscari botryoides is a bulbous perennial plant of the genus Muscari and one of a number of species and genera known as grape hyacinth. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant.

The flowers are close together, and are almost totally round. The lower fertile flowers point downwards, while upper ones, usually paler and sterile, point upwards. The flowers are bright blue with white lobes at the end in the wild species, but other colours are available, including white. M. botryoides is originally from central and south-eastern Europe, growing in open woodland and mountain meadows.{{Citation |last=Mathew |first=Brian |year=1987 |title=The Smaller Bulbs |location=London |publisher=B.T. Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-4922-8 }}, pp. 126

File:Muscari botryoides in Tashkent Botanical Garden.jpg

The name botryoides is derived from the appearance of a miniature cluster of grapes.{{Citation |last1=Johnson |first1=A.T. |last2=Smith |first2=H.A. |last3=Stockdale |first3=A.P.|year=2019|title=Plant Names Simplified : Their Pronunciation Derivation & Meaning |location=Sheffield, Yorkshire |publisher=5M Publishing |isbn=9781910455067 |name-list-style=amp }}, p. 101 M. botryoides is said to be much less invasive than species such as M. neglectum, nevertheless it is listed as invasive in Tennessee.{{cite book|editor=Beth Hanson|title=Spring-Blooming Bulbs: An A to Z Guide to Classic and Unusual Bulbs for Your Spring Garden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xaoK1pdNymwC&pg=PA86|access-date=24 November 2012|date=1 November 2002|publisher=Brooklyn Botanic Garden|isbn=978-1-889538-54-9|page=86}}