Muscari botryoides

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.

Muscari botryoides
Naturalized in Austin, Texas.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Muscari
Subgenus:	Muscari subg. Muscari
Species:	M. botryoides
Binomial name
Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.
Synonyms[1]
Hyacinthus botryoides L.

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.^[2]

In Tashkent Botanical Garden

The name botryoides is derived from the appearance of a miniature cluster of grapes.^[3] M. botryoides is said to be much less invasive than species such as M. neglectum, nevertheless it is listed as invasive in Tennessee.^[4]