Muscari aucheri, Aucher-Éloy grape hyacinth, is a species of flowering plant in the squill subfamily Scilloideae of the asparagus family Asparagaceae.
Originally from Turkey, where it grows in grassy alpine areas, it is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant.
[2] The Latin specific epithet aucheri honours the French pharmacist and botanist Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy (1792–1838)[3] (one of numerous plants named for him).
There are usually only two or three leaves per bulb, relatively wide for a muscari, which have a greyish green upper side and a hooded or boat-shaped tip.
The plant sold under the name M. tubergenianum is more robust than the wild form, or possibly a hybrid.