Asparagaceae

Common grape hyacinth

Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Muscari

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Common grape hyacinth (Muscari botryoides) — FlowerPhoto: Katerina Kalogerini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (26)

Arabic: بصل الزير, حلحل جميل, قيسامه
Belarusian: Гадзючая цыбуля гронкападобная
Bulgarian: Горско кукувиче грозде
Chinese: 葡萄風信子, 葡萄风信子, 串铃花, 蓝壶花
Croatian: Razgranjena presličica
Czech: Modřenec širolistý
Danish: Almindelig Perlehyacint
Dutch: Blauwe druifjes
English: Common grape hyacinth
Estonian: Harilik kobarhüatsint
Finnish: Hentohelmililja
German: Kleine Traubenhyazinthe, Kleines Träubel
hsb: Mała kitelnička
Hungarian: Epergyöngyike
Japanese: ルリムスカリ
Latvian: Mazā muskare
Lithuanian: Smulkiažiedė žydrė
nds: Kraoltjes, Blauwe druufjes
Norwegian Nynorsk: Perleblom
Polish: Szafirek drobnokwiatowy
Serbian: Пресличица, Presličica
Slovak: Modrica širokolistá
Spanish: Jacinto de la uva, Jacinto ramoso
Swedish: Pärlhyacint
Ukrainian: Гадюча цибулька гроноподібна
Welsh: Clychau dulas cryno

Synonyms

Botryanthus alpestris Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus boraeanus Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus candidus Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus compactus Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus conicus Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus festinus Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus heldreichii Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus kerneri Marches.
Botryanthus lelievrii (Boreau) Jord. & Fourr.
Botryanthus odorus var. compactus (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman
Botryanthus vulgaris Kunth
Botryanthus vulgaris var. kerneri (Marches.) Nyman
Botryanthus vulgaris var. transsilvanicus (Schur) Nyman
Botryphile botryoides (L.) Salisb.
Czekelia transsylvanica (Schur) Schur
Eubotrys arvensis Raf.
Hyacinthus botryoides L.
Muscari alpinum Szafer ex Racib.
Muscari botryoides f. candicum Voss
Muscari botryoides subsp. hungaricum Priszter
Muscari botryoides subsp. kerneri (Marches.) K.Richt.
Muscari botryoides subsp. lelievrii (Boreau) Garbari
Muscari botryoides subsp. longifolium (Rigo) Garbari
Muscari botryoides subsp. motelayi (Foucaud) Kerguélen
Muscari botryoides subsp. transsilvanicum (Schur) Soó
Muscari botryoides var. lacteiflorum (Borbás) Soó
Muscari botryoides var. lelievrii (Boreau) Baker
Muscari carpaticum Racib.
Muscari hymenophorum Heldr. ex Boiss.
Muscari inodorum Montandon
Muscari kerneri (Marches.) Soldano
Muscari kerneri var. lacteiflorum Borbás
Muscari lelievrii Boreau
Muscari longifolium Rigo
Muscari motelayi Foucaud
Muscari pocuticum Zapal.
Muscari polyphyllum Schur
Muscari strangwaisii Kotschy ex Baker
Muscari transsilvanicum Schur
Scilla inflata Salisb.

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 636 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Katerina Kalogerini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Aleks Vasilev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Violet T., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dimitra Vasileiadou, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marianne Cornelissen-Kuyt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.