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Ornithogalum comptum

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Name

Identification
Ornithogalum comptum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Unknown, Ornithogalum juncifolium Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown,
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  • Ornithogalum juncifolium
  • Ornithogalum comptum

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM comptum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ORNITHOGALUM comptum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 274
Information
bulb subglobose, 3/4–1 in. diam.; leaves 6–12, linear-subulate, rigid in texture, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 2–6 in. long, often spirally twisted; peduncle 1/2–1 ft. long; raceme dense, 1–3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts small, lanceolate from a deltoid base; perianth brownish-white, 1/4 in. long; segments distinctly keeled with green, turning to red-brown; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments lanceolate, subequal; style as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; on the Bosch Berg, 3000–4500 ft., MacOwan, 1843! 2067!COAST REGION Knysna Div.; hills near Plettenberg Bay, Pappe! Uitenhage Div.; near the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 4208! Ecklon and Zeyher, 939! 942! 1066!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Tabase, near Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 393!

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