Family: Asparagaceae
Ornithogalum arabicum
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 307 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Star of Africa.
Description:
Bulb ovoid, 2.5-4 cm broad; leaves to 2.5 cm broad.
Flowers about 6-15 in a short loose corymbose raceme; lower pedicels c. 2.5 cm long, the bracts nearly as long; perianth-segments white, 20-25 mm long, broad-oblong, some of them often 3-toothed at the summit; all filaments linear-lanceolate; ovary blackish-green, shining.
Published illustration:
Macoboy (1969) What flower is that?, p. 218.
Distribution:
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Cultivated in Australia
S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust. Native to the Mediterranean region.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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