...and you might find Grape Hyacinth. Genus Muscari. This is a fascinating plant that has become naturalized. It has a fascinating taxonomic history, long a member of the Liliaceae but now placed in the Asparagaceae. What fascinates me is finding it in what appear to be wild areas of a forest, but usually always a symptom of an earlier human habitation. When I find Grape Hyacinth in the forest, I usually always find old bottles and rusty tool nearby. The ones pictured here are blooming in the tulip bed in our yard. I'd guess they were purchased at a nursery and planted here by a previous owner. I've found them along the Keddie Cascades Trail. Start with the Wikipedia article on Muscari if you want to dig into their fascinating history - going back to Linnaeus.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
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