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Ornithogalum nutans L.

Drooping star-of-bethlehem (en), Ornithogale à fleurs penchées (fr), Honorius penché (fr), Ornithogale penché (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Ornithogalum

Characteristics

Bulb progressively renewed over 3–4 years; lvs elongate, 8–15 mm wide, with a white stripe on the upper surface; scape 2–5 dm; raceme elongate, 3–12-fld; bracts surpassing the 5–10 mm pedicels; fls at first erect or ascending, soon nodding; perianth broadly campanulate, the tep oblong, 1.5–3 cm, white above, with a broad green midstripe beneath; ovary shorter than the style; 2n=45. Native of w. Asia, occasionally escaped from cult. in our range.
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A bulb plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (bulb), toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity toxic (bulb), toxic (whole)

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°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Ornithogalum nutans flower picture by gene (cc-by-sa)
Ornithogalum nutans flower picture by Petr Harant (cc-by-sa)
Ornithogalum nutans flower picture by Zolnyánszki Zsolt (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ornithogalum nutans world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Greece, Hungary, Italy, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539382-1
WFO ID wfo-0000714292
COL ID 758GT
BDTFX ID 46489
INPN ID 111358
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hyacinthus myogalea Ifuon nutans Albucea chlorantha Albucea nutans Honorius nutans Honorius prasandrus Myogalum prasandrum Myogalum nutans Myogalum affine Ornithogalum prasandrum Brizophile nutans Albucea neapolitana Myogalum thirkeanum Myogalum nutans subsp. prasandrum Ornithogalum nutans subsp. prasandrum Ornithogalum chloranthum Ornithogalum aserni Ornithogalum nutans
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