Ornithogalum sibtborpii, W. Greuter

21. O. sibtborpii W. Greuter , Boissiera 13: 160 (1967)

( O. nanum Sibth. & Sm. , non Thunb.).

Plant 5-15(-20) cm. Leaves (3—)5—9(—11), (l-)T5-4-5(-7) mm wide, glaucous, glabrous, longer than inflorescence. Inflorescence corymbiform, sessile on surface of soil. Pedicels after anthesis (but while still green) swollen into a motor pulvinus at the base, flaccid and sulcate at the apex, deflexed in fruit. Bracts longer or shorter than pedicels. Flowers (2)4-7(15). Perianth-segments 12-5-26 mm, ovateelliptical, white, with pale green stripe on back. Anthers yellow or slightly greenish. Ovary 4- 6(-7-5) mm, ovoid, with 6 prominent angles, depressed at apex. Style (2-5-)4-5-5 mm. Capsule 9-15 mm, obovoid to cylindrical, the six angles keeled, the septal fissures reaching the base. Flowering February-March. 2rc=14, 18, 24, 28. Dry hillsides. Balkan peninsula and Aegean region, S.E. Romania. Bu Cr Gr Ju Rm Tu.