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Ornithogalum narbonense (O.pyramidale) - Pyramidal
Star of Bethlehem
Castellano: Ajo de lobo, varita de San José
A perennial with a long pyramidal many-flowered spike of rather small white
flowers with petals with a narrow green band. Flowering stems standing
above leaves up to 60cm high; leaves spreading, channelled, broadly linear
and somewhat bluish-grey; remaining green during flowering. Flowers 20-50,
arranged regularly round the stem with bracts 1-2 cm long, and much longer
than the flower buds. Petals 10-12 mm long; flower stalks at first spreading
and then pressed against the stem. (description from Polunin and Huxley
- Flowers of the Mediterranean, 1981)
Flowers April - June