Asparagaceae

Tassel grape hyacinth

Muscari comosum (L.) Mill.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Muscari

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Tassel grape hyacinth: Muscari_comosum 21 May 2006 IJmuiden, the Netherlands — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Svdmolen assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (27)

Arabic: بلبوس وبري, بصل الذئب, بصل الزاز, بصل الزيز, بصل المسك, كيطوط
arz: بلبوس وبرى
Catalan: Calabruixa grossa, All de culobra, All de serp, Allassa blava, Barralet, Bascallet, Cap de moro, Coll de colom
Chinese: 缨饰蓝壶花, 丛毛蓝壶花, 丛生蓝壶花
Corsican: Purrione, Purrionu
Croatian: Kitnjasta presličica
Czech: Modřenec chocholatý, Modravec chocholatý
Dutch: Kuifhyacint, Kuifhyacinth
English: Tassel grape hyacinth, Tassel hyacinth
French: Jacinthe de Sienne
German: Schopfige Traubenhyazinthe, Schopf-Träubel, Schopfbisamhyazinthe, Schopf-Traubenhyazinthe
Greek: Καλογήρια, Mούσκαρι το εύκομον
hsb: Kopičkata kitelnička
Hungarian: Üstökös gyöngyike
Italian: Cipollaccio, Lampacione, Lampascione, Lampascioni
Japanese: ハネムスカリ
kab: Aẓlim n wuccen
Latin: Bulbus
Latvian: Cekulainā muskare
pcd: Pòrion`d agache
Persian: کلاغک پری
Polish: Szafirek miękkolistny
Portuguese: Jacinto-das-searas
Spanish: Ajete de cigüeña, Ajipuerco, Guitarrillo, Hiacinto, Implo, Jacinto comoso, Jacinto mayor comoso, Jacinto penachudo
Swedish: Fjäderhyacint
Ukrainian: Гадюча цибулька чубата
Welsh: Clychau dulas tuswog

Synonyms

Bellevalia bouviana Heldr. ex Nyman
Bellevalia calandriniana (Parl.) Nyman
Bellevalia comosa (L.) Kunth
Bellevalia graeca Heldr.
Bellevalia graminifolia Nyman
Bellevalia holzmannii Heldr.
Bellevalia holzmannii var. curta (Heldr.) Nyman
Bellevalia pharmacusana (Heldr.) Nyman
Bellevalia pinardi Boiss.
Bellevalia sartoriana (Heldr.) Nyman
Bellevalia sartoriana subsp. pharmacusana (Heldr.) Nyman
Bellevalia tenuiflora subsp. constricta (Tausch) Nyman
Botrycomus vulgaris Fourr.
Etheiranthus constrictus (Tausch) Kostel.
Etheiranthus milleri Kostel.
Etheiranthus milleri var. monstrosus Kostel.
Eubotrys comosus (L.) Raf.
Hyacinthus comosus L.
Hyacinthus fuliginosus Pall.
Hyacinthus monstrosus L.
Hyacinthus paniculatus Lam.
Leopoldia anguliflora Lojac.
Leopoldia bormaniana Lojac.
Leopoldia bouviana Heldr. ex Nyman
Leopoldia calandriniana Parl.
Leopoldia clusiana Heldr. ex Nyman
Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl.
Leopoldia constricta Heldr.
Leopoldia curta Heldr.
Leopoldia graeca (Heldr.) Heldr.
Leopoldia graminifolia Heldr. ex Nyman
Leopoldia holzmannii (Heldr.) Heldr.
Leopoldia pharmacusana Heldr.
Leopoldia pinardi (Boiss.) Parl.
Leopoldia pyramidalis (Tausch) Heldr.
Leopoldia sartoriana Heldr.
Leopoldia troiana Heldr.
Muscari bouvianum Heldr. ex Rouy
Muscari bulgaricum Velen.
Muscari calandrinianum (Parl.) Nyman

and 27 more.

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Svdmolen assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alberto Masala, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Joan Gené, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lucia Bosco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Joan Gené, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mina Rossa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Alejandro Toro Tinoco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Codina Ferran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Wojtek Dziejma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.