{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Muscari chalusicum - Flickr - peganum.jpg | parent = Muscari subg. Pseudomuscari | taxon = Muscari pseudomuscari | authority = (Boiss. & Buhse) Wendelbo<ref name=POWO_538582-1/> | synonyms = {{Species list |Bellevalia pseudomuscari|Boiss. & Buhse |Hyacinthella pseudomuscari|(Boiss. & Buhse) Chouard |Hyacinthus pseudomuscari|(Boiss. & Buhse) Baker |Muscari chalusicum|D.C.Stuart |Pseudomuscari chalusicum|(D.C.Stuart) Garbari }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_538582-1>{{Cite POWO|title=''Muscari pseudomuscari'' (Boiss. & Buhse) Wendelbo|id=538582-1|access-date=8 September 2025|mode=cs1}}</ref> }}
'''''Muscari pseudomuscari''''', synonym '''''Pseudomuscari chalusicum''''', the '''Chalus grape hyacinth''', is a species of flowering plant in the squill subfamily Scilloideae of the asparagus family Asparagaceae. It is native to northern Iran,<ref name=POWO_538582-1/> where Chalus County is located. Growing to about {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} in height, it is a bulbous perennial with floppy, curved leaves sitting close to the ground, and small clusters of bell-shaped flowers on erect stems, appearing in mid-spring. The flower colour is pale blue at the tip, shading downwards to a darker blue. Unlike some other ''Muscari'' species, it does not spread rapidly.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Pseudomuscari |title = Pseudomuscari |publisher = Pacific Bulb Society |accessdate = 10 April 2018}}</ref>
In cultivation in the United Kingdom it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web |url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/11271/i-Muscari-pseudomuscari-i/Details |title = RHS Plantfinder - ''Muscari pseudomuscari'' |accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |title = AGM Plants - Ornamental |date = July 2017 |page = 65 |publisher = Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate = 4 April 2018}}</ref> It requires a sunny position in well-drained soil, and is hardy in most places in the UK - down to about {{convert|-15|cm|in|abbr=on}}.
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pseudomuscari Category:Flora of Iran