Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Ornithogalum

Characteristics

Leaves c. 6, oblong to linear, flat or concave, to 30 cm long and 30 mm wide, often withering by flowering. Inflorescence an elongated raceme with 11-60 cup-shaped flowers, exceeding leaves; pedicels to 4 cm long. Perianth segments 14-20 mm long, white, pigmented at base, unstriped. Stamens opposite petals with filaments broadened at base and appendaged. Ovary globose, purple. Capsule ovoid, slightly 3-ridged.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.8
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

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
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°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Ornithogalum thyrsoides world distribution map, present in Australia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539581-1
WFO ID wfo-0000711758
COL ID 6T8JZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lomaresis alba Ornithogalum conicum Ornithogalum revolutum Tomoxis coarctata Myogalum thyrsoides Myogalum coarctatum Ornithogalum hermannii Ornithogalum grimaldiae Ornithogalum ceresianum Ornithogalum gilgianum Ornithogalum bicolor Ornithogalum thyrsoides Eliokarmos ceresianus Eliokarmos coarctatum Eliokarmos thyrsoides Ornithogalum coarctatum

Lower taxons

Ornithogalum conicum subsp. conicum