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Etymology of Muscari inconstrictum: The name of the genus, Muscari, comes from the Greek word "μόσχος" [moschos] for "musk", referring to the scent produced by the flowers of many species in the genus. "Incostrictum" in Latin means and means "narrowed, especially by encircling pressure".
At least four Muscari taxa, all species, have been found so far in Cyprus' nature.
Muscari inconstrictum blooms early, during the winter, in January. It is a common plant and it exists all around Cyprus except for the Karpasia peninsula, at an altitude of up to 1375 metres. Muscari inconstrictum is quite similar to Muscari neglectum. It is very similar to the Muscari neglectum, but the easiest way to distinguish it from that is its perianth-lobes which are white or whitish. It blooms from December until the middle of March.
How to identify Muscari inconstrictum:
Among the four species that exist in the Cypriot habitat, Muscari comosum is easy to distinguish from the others. Regarding the other three, Muscari inconstrictum's flowers appear between December and March, and its perianth is dark blue or violet. The same happens with Muscari neglectum. The difference between these two is that Muscari inconstrictum's perianth-lobes are concolourous with the tube, dark indigo or violet; the tube is not (or indistinctly) constricted at the apex, and its leaves are 1-3 mm wide. On the contrary, Muscari neglectum's perianth-lobes are white or whitish; its perianth-tube is dark blue, constricted at the mouth, and its leaves are 1.5-6 mm wide. To simply put their basic difference, those little "bells'" opening has white colour for neglectum, whilst for inconstrictum the color is the same as the flower, dark.
