Author: | Pierre
Edmond Boissier, 1882 |
Family: |
HYACINTHACEAE* |
Origin: |
Albania,
Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corse,
Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym,
Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Romania,
Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
Height: |
40 (60)
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Blue - Violet |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
Names:
|
Grape
Hyacinth, Tassel Hyacinth |
Synonyms: |
A lot, see
below.... |
This member of the
Hyacinthaceae family was
given this name
by Pierre
Edmond Boissier in 1882. It is found around the
Mediterranean Sea, growing in a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The bulb can grow to six centimetres in diameter
, the plant to 40 centimetre, 60 with the flower.
The name of the genus Muscari from the Greek word
moschos meaning 'musk' and referring to the sweet aromatic
scent of the flowers which, together with their often deep blue
colouring, has made them popular in cultivation. The species name means
'Greek'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |