Ornithogalum neurostegium

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Ornithogalum neurostegium

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Status

Indigenous (IN)

Endemism

not endemic

Red Data Book category

Vulnerable (VU)

IUCN criteria: D1 D2

Distribution

Map
Division 7 indigenousA
A. Tsintides, T., Christodoulou, C.S., Delipetrou, P. & Georghiou, K. 2007: The Red Data Book to the flora of Cyprus

Description

Plant 10-20 cm. Bulb ovoid, with or without bulblets. Leaves 4-6, 4-10 mm broad, canaliculate, linear-lanceolate, often undulate, ciliate at margin and hispid or glabrous on lower surface, often overtopping inflorescence. Raceme 5-30-flowered, corymbiform, broadly ovoid or oblong; bracts 1.5-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate, long-attenuate, acute, distinctly green-veined nearly from base. Pedicels erecto-patent, the lower more elongated. Perianth white; outer segments 12-20 mm; green median stripe broad. Capsule 7-10(-15) mm, obovoid to oblong.

Source: Feinbrun-Dothan N. 1986: Flora Palaestina 4. - Jerusalem.

Life-form

Geophyte

Flowering Period

Mar–Apr