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Ornithogalum oliganthum

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Name

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

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM oliganthum 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 oliganthum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Information
bulb globose, 1/3– 1/2 in. diam.; outer tunics produced beyond the top and breaking up into fine fibres; leaves 6–9, filiform, very slender, glabrous, 3–6 in. long; peduncle very slender, about as long as the leaves; raceme very lax, few-flowered; pedicels ascending, 1/6 in. long; bracts small, ovate, cuspidate; perianth 1/4 in. long; segments oblanceolate, distinctly keeled; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; filaments lanceolate; style as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Fields Hill, 1000 ft., Wood, 1973!
Notes
Very near O. niveum.

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