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Ornithogalum flavovirens

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Identification
Ornithogalum flavovirens Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ornithogalum tenuifolium F.Delaroche [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ornithogalum flavovirens
  • Ornithogalum tenuifolium

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM flavovirens 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 flavovirens Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1874, 366
Information
bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 5–6, linear, thin, glabrous, 1–1 1/2 ft. long; peduncle 2 ft. long; raceme 3–4 in. long, dense upwards, lax downwards; pedicels ascending, articulated at the apex, lower 1/6– 1/4 in. long; bracts linear, acuminate, projecting far beyond the buds, lower an inch long; perianth yellowish-green, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; segments linear-oblong, 1/8 in. broad, with a closely 5-nerved indistinct green keel; stamens 2/3 the length of the perianth; filaments equal, lanceolate; style as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, in swamps, 2800 ft., MacOwan, 1852!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 570!

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