Family |
Asparagaceae
Muscari parviflorum
Desf.
Muscari parviflorum Desf.
First published in Fl. Atlant. 1: 309 (1798).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, p. 257, Pl. LXXXI, 9; 1966)
• Life-form & habit: Perennial bulbous herb with an ovate to almost spherical bulb in brown tunics and a slender, smooth, upright flowering stem 5–20 cm tall.
• Leaves: Usually three, sometimes four or five, erect, nearly thread-like and shorter than the flowering stem.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Raceme initially short and dense, later elongated and loose. Flower stalks spreading and thread-like, with two membranous, bristle-like bracts. Perianth short, ovate and urn-shaped, very pale blue, with a basal depression; anthers violet-black.
• Fruit: Rounded capsule, depressed at the top.
• Phenology: September–November.
• Habitat & elevation: Sandy ground and cultivated land.
• Lebanese distribution: Saida, Tripoli, Beirut, Enfe, Borj Brajne, Qalaat ech-Chekif, Kahale, Jamhour, Beit Mery and Ghazir; also recorded at Fraikeh and Kornet Chehwan.
• Syrian distribution: Latakia.
• Native range: Algeria, Baleares, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye.