| Author | Gussoni ex Tenore | |
| Distribution | Mostly Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain, but scattered over the entire state.
Native of southern Europe and northern Africa; in N.A. in the eastern half of the U.S. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to locally common, except rare in the Mountains and outer Coastal Plain. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, yard weed, campuses, waste ground, trailsides, along creeks, old fields. | |
| Phenology | Flowering March-May and fruiting May-June. | |
| Identification | This species is much more common in the state than is the Common Grape-hyacinth (M. botryoides), despite the vernacular names. It has leaves rounded in cross-section (vs. relatively flat or channeled). It also has the flower (corolla) distinctly longer than wide, more tubular in shape; the other species has the flower nearly spherical in shape. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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