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Ornithogalum narbonense L.

Ornithogale de Narbonne (fr), Loncomélos de Narbonne (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Ornithogalum

Characteristics

A bulb plant. It grows 60-90 cm high and spreads 60-120 cm wide. The leaves are very narrow. They are 80 cm long. The flower stems are 90 cm tall. The flowers are small and in heads. They are white with a fine green stripe in the centre.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.38 - 0.15
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
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Grassy places and waste ground.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The bulbs are added to ice cream and other dairy foods. They are eaten raw. The leaves and bulbs are eaten as a vegetable. The leaves are eaten raw in salads and also cooked.
Uses -
Edible bulbs leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Ornithogalum narbonense flower picture by Jean-Marie NIER (cc-by-sa)
Ornithogalum narbonense flower picture by Nicolas Nicolas Barbier (cc-by-sa)
Ornithogalum narbonense flower picture by Tine X (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ornithogalum narbonense world distribution map, present in Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Portugal, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539368-1
WFO ID wfo-0000712383
COL ID 6SWH7
BDTFX ID 46488
INPN ID 111357
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ornithogalum lacteum Ornithogalum trigynum Loncomelos brachystylum Loncomelos brachystachys Ornithogalum brachystylum Ornithogalum densum Ornithogalum arabicum Ornithogalum stachyoides Ornithogalum monspeliense Loncomelos israelense Ornithogalum brachystachys Ornithogalum brachystachys Parthenostachys narbonensis Scilla montana Loncomelos narbonense Eremurus iranicus Ornithogalum pyramidale subsp. narbonense Ornithogalum narbonense var. brachystachys Ornithogalum narbonense subsp. brachystachys Ornithogalum narbonense var. macrocarpum Ornithogalum narbonense
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