Muscari comosum

English: Tassel Hyacinth - Tufted Grape Hyacinth - Hairy Muscari - Edible Muscario
Nederlands: Kuifhyacint
Español: Jacinto comoso - Cebollón - Hierba del querer - Uguetas - Ajipuerco
Français: Muscari à toupet
Deutsch: Schopfige Traubenhyazinthe - Schopf-Traubenhyazinthe

Family: Liliaceae - Lily family
Flowering time: March-June
Height: 20-60cm
Altitude: to 1300m
Colour: blue, violet-purple, occasionally white
Flower: brownish with cream or pale yellowish-brown teeth, 5-10mm long, urn-shaped
Leaves: 3-6, linear or tapered gradually to the tip, 5-20mm long
Habitat: dry grassy habitats, roadsides, olive groves, vineyards, coastal thicket vegetation
Distribution: native to south-east Europe, naturalized elsewhere
Synonym: Leopoldia comosa





Notes: Tassel Hyacinth is one of a number of species and genera also known as grape hyacinths. It is a short to medium, rather slender bulbous perennial. The bulb of Muscari comosum is eadible and eaten in Italy and Greece.

Related key words: finca, Alpujarras, Arenales de Trevenque, Vereda de la Estrella, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Santa Elena (Biescas), Jánovas (Fiscal), Río Esera (Seira), Pirineos, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Picos de Europa, Alps