Ornithogalum narbonense
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Ornithogalum narbonense, Linn. Bulb ovoid, 9-15 lines thick: Lvs. strap-shaped, 1-1½ ft. long, 3-6 lines wide, glabrous, glaucous green, scarcely disappearing before the end of flowering: scape 1-1½ ft. long; raceme 20-50-fld., oblong-cylindrical, 4-8 in. long, 1½-2 in. wide; lowest pedicels 9-15 lines long; fls. whitish, keeled green on the back; filaments lanceolate at base, not squared. S. Eu. B.M. 2510 (striped green back and front). Var. pyramidalis, Hort. (O. pyramidale, Linn.), is considered by Baker to be a robust, large-fld. garden form, but it is said to grow wild in Spain and Portugal and may be a distinct species. Fls. white, with a green stripe on back. Gn. 41:376; 73, p. 603.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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