Liliaceae

B. paradoxa (Fisch. & Mey.) Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:368 (I 8-82). Syn: Hyancinthus paradoxus Fisch. & Mey. in Ind. Sem. Horti Petrop. 1:30(1835);Muscari para-doxum (Fisch. & Mey.) C. Koch in Linnaea 22:253 (1849);,M. acutifolium Boiss., Fl. Or. 308(1882)! Map 43. Leaves 2-3(-6), c. as long as scape, 5-8.5 mm broad, usually broadest in upper half, gradually narrowing towards base, apex attensate-acuminate, margin smooth. Scape 10-20 cm, often tinged-purplish. Raceme 10-18-flowered, ellipsoid, rather dense. Pedicels 2-3 mm, recurved,deep purplish. Flower buds deep blue. Perianth indigo, dark dull violet-brown «rises pressed, somewhat nodding, 6-6.5 mm, urceolate; lobes 1/2 x tube. Anthers yellow. Fruiting raceme cylindrical; pedicels c. 6 mm, arcuate. Valves of capsule 9-10 mm, broadly obovate, emarginate at apex, tinged bluish. Fl. 7. Alpine pasture, rock ledges, 2300-3000 m.
Type: [USSR, Georgia] in montibus provinciae Guriel, versuspontum Eux-inum.
N.E. Anatolia. A9 Kars: Kisir Da., 3000 in, D. 30534! Çoruh; Yalnizçam Silsilesi, E. of Şavşat, 2300 m, Watson et al. 3167!
Transcaucasia. Ir.-Tur. element.