Muscari atlanticum

Description

Neglectum Muscari, commonly known as Nazareno, among many other namesis a kind of bulbous plant of the genus Muscari in the family Liliaceae. Plant of small size, up to 0.3 m in height. Leaves lying on the ground very narrow, 0.5 to 3 mm wide, linear or somewhat lanceolate, semi-cylindrical section and with a narrow groove, in number from 3 to 6, up to 40 cm in length. Escapes or floral stems of 10 to 30 cm sometimes of reddish base. Bulbous root often with blackish tunics, usually with many small lateral spindles or bulbils. Dense and oval inflorescence 3 to 4 cm long and with 10 to 15 hermaphrodite flowers , 4 to 5 mm long each, dark blue that contrasts with the soft white color of the corolla teeth; the sterile pale blue, erect and shortly pedunculated. Fruit in trilocular capsule. Hills, fields, vineyards, olive groves, forests, rocky or grassy and open terrain. Up to 2000 m Due to its ability to produce numerous shoots around the main bulb, it can become a pest in crops. Very frequent in gardens. It is a species native to Europe, North Africa and Asia to Pakistan. 1 It is the most common species in Europe and is frequent in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.