''Muscari racemosum'' is a

perennial In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...

bulbous

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the asparagus family

Asparagaceae Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both ...

. The members of the genus are commonly known as grape hyacinths. Originally from south-west

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where it grows in rocky places, it is sometimes grown as an

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...

. It may be found in the horticultural literature under the synonym ''Muscari muscarimi''. ''M. racemosum'' resembles '' M. macrocarpum'' (with which it has been placed in the Muscarimia group of the genus ''Muscari''). It is a robust plant, with large bulbs which have thick fleshy roots. Each bulb produces several greyish-green leaves. Flowers are borne in a spike or

raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...

. Individual flowers are 7–9 mm long, grey-white when fully open, sometimes with a bluish tone; they have a distinct scent of musk., p. 130 (under the name ''M. muscarimi'') This is the species from which the genus gets its name (''Muscari'' is from the Greek ''muschos'', meaning musk).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6940213 racemosum Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Lebanon Taxa named by Philip Miller