Ornithogalum umbellatum, L.
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Ornithogalum umbellatum |
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24. O. umbellatum L. , Sp. Pl. 307 (1753) View Cited Treatment .
Plant (15-)20-30 (-40) cm. Bulb surrounded by tufts of leaves arising from offsets, without dormant bulbils. Leaves (4-)6-9, 2-5(-8) mm wide, canaliculate to flat, with a white stripe on upper surface, glabrous, not ciliate. Scape glabrous. Pedicels patent in fruit. Bracts shorter than or equalling pedicels. Flowers (4-)8-20. Perianthsegments 15-22 mm, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, white, with wide green stripe on back. Filaments entire; anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid to subcylindrical, longer than style. Capsule oblongovoid to obovoid; angles equally spaced, more rarely in pairs, rounded and thickened, separated by shallow furrows. Flowering April-May. 2n = 18-20,27, 28, 35, 36,42,44, 45, 54, 72, 90, 108. S. & S.C. Europe; doubtfully native further north, but widely naturalized. Al Au Be BI *Br Bu Co *Ga *Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu *Po Rm Rs (W,?C) Sa Si Tu [Cz Da Fe Hb No Rs (B) Su].
Variable, especially in shape of bulb, width of leaves and length of pedicels.
O. X wildtii Podp. , Źiva ser. 2,23: 246 (1913) (31 x 25), which is recorded from S. Czechoslovakia and W. Hungary, differs in its inner filaments being shortly 3-fid at apex.
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Ornithogalum umbellatum
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1980 |