Flora

Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten & Sangiov.

Common Name: Ketout.

Family: Asparagaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten & Sangiov., it is a bulbous geophyte, bulbs ovoid-elongate, c. 2.5 cm in diameter. Leaves broad, c. 5 mm wide, scape longer, (15-) 25 to 40 cm. Inflorescence less crowded is 2–6 cm (0.8–2.4 in) long; pedicels 4-5 mm long. The flower stems are 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) tall. The flowers are arranged in a spike or raceme and are dark blue with white lobes at their tips (teeth); there may be a cluster of paler sterile flowers at the top of the spike. The fruit is a 3-celled capsule with two ovules in each cell.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+ES+IT. The native range of this species is Central Europe to Medit. and Central Asia.

Distribution in Libya

Reported from N. Western parts of Libya by Maire and Keith

Notes

Wild in Libya.

https://eol.org/pages/1004053/media https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=6864 https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/muscari-neglectum-1.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60460275-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/60460275-2, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000694909, https://www.gbif.org/species/2772020, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160323/muscari-neglectum-guss-ex-ten-sangiovanni, https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=503892#null, https://eol.org/pages/1004053/media, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=6864, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/muscari-neglectum-1.html, http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/en/general/497/especie/muscari-neglectum-guss-ex-ten , – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscari_neglectum

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 55 — under: Muscari racemosum (L.) Mill.