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Ornithogalum subulatum

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Name

Identification
Ornithogalum subulatum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ornithogalum juncifolium Jacq. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Ornithogalum subulatum
  • Ornithogalum juncifolium

Flora

Entry for ORNITHOGALUM subulatum 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 subulatum Baker [family HYACINTHACEAE], in Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 723
Information
bulb depresso-globose, 1/2 in. diam.; leaves 3–6, erect, filiform, glabrous, 2–6 in. long; peduncle slender, terete, erect, 1/2–1 ft. long; raceme moderately dense, 1 1/2–3 in. long; pedicels short, ascending; bracts minute, deltoid-cuspidate; perianth 1/6 in. long, whitish; segments oblong, distinctly keeled with green; stamens 3/4 the length of the perianth, alternately linear and lanceolate; style as long as the ovary. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, 2800 ft., MacOwan, 1965! Graaff Reinet Div.; stony hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500–2600 ft., Bolus, 795!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, on moist flats near rivers, 2000 ft., Baur, 392!
Notes
Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Wilson Saunders at Reigate in Sept., 1872.

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