Muscari armeniacum
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Muscari armeniacum
Grape hyacinth
2013
12 x 17cm
Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico extra white cotton rag 300gsm
Artist's collection
Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The common name for the genus is grape hyacinth.
This specimen was Muscari armeniacum, or Armenian grape hyacinth.
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