Grape Hyacinth
by Elena Nosyreva
Title
Grape Hyacinth
Artist
Elena Nosyreva
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Macro photograph of Muscari flowers, digitally enhanced with textures.
Muscari armeniacum, commonly called grape hyacinth, is an early spring-blooming bulbous perennial that is native to southeastern Europe (including Armenia). It features conical racemes of slightly fragrant, tightly packed, deep violet blue, urn-shaped flowers atop stems rising to 8" tall in early spring. Each bulb produces 1-3 stems with 20-40 flowers per scape. Each flower has a thin white line around the rim. Dense inflorescence purportedly resembles an elongated, upside-down bunch of grapes, hence the common name. Stems rise up from somewhat floppy clumps of narrow, fleshy, basal, green leaves (to 12" long) that appear in autumn and live through the cold St. Louis winter to spring when the plants flower.
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March 23rd, 2015
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