Muscari comosum, (L.) Miller

7. M. comosum (L.) Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 2 (1768)

( M. pharmacusanum (Heldr.) Boiss. , M. tubiflorum Steven , M. tenuiflorum subsp. charrelii (Heldr. ex Rouy) Hayek , Leopoldia comosa (L.) Pari. ).

Bulb-tunics pink. Leaves 3-5(-7), 7-40 (-60) cm x 5-17(-30) mm, linear, usually shorter than scape. Scape 15-50(-80) cm, erect. Raceme 40-80 x 3-6 cm, lax, cylindrical. Pedicels of fertile flowers 4-10(-15) mm, patent, not elongating. Fertile flowers 5-9-5 mm, oblong-urceolate, pale brown; shoulders rounded, darker brown; teeth cream to pale yellowish-brown. Pedicels of sterile flowers 6-25(-40) mm, fleshy, ascending, violet. Sterile flowers 2-6(-10) mm, globose to obovoid, bright violet, shorter than fertile flowers, often numerous, in a conspicuous, usually corymbose terminal tuft. Fruiting raceme 8-40 cm, lax, cylindrical. Capsule 10-15 x 6-5- 8 mm, obovoid, emarginate. 2n=18 (27). Dry grassland and cultivated ground. Europe, northwards to N. France and N.W. Ukraine, but doubtfully native in the northern part of its range. Al Au BI Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (W, K) Sa Si Tu [Be Br Da Ho].

Very polymorphic. Formal taxonomic recognition of infraspecific taxa is premature.