Ornithogalum latifolium

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ornithogalum latifolium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ornithogalum latifolium. Linn. Bulb globose, 1½-2 in. diam.: Lvs. 5-6, ascending, glabrous, fleshy herbaceous, broadly lorate, 12-15 in. long, 1½-2 in. wide in cult.: scape or peduncle strong and erect, 1-2 ft., bearing a raceme 12-18 in. long and containing 50-100 or more fls.: perianth about Hin. long, the segms. milk-white and oblong-oblanceolate; filaments about equal, lanceolate. Tauria, Caucasus, Kurdistan, Arabia, Egypt. B.M. 876. B.R. 1978. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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