Flora

Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L.

Common Name: Ketout helou.

Family: Asparagaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-Jun.

General Appearance

Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L., it is a bulbous geophyte, glabrous herb. Bulb ± ovoid, c. 3 cm across, tunics brownish, membranous. Leaves 3-6 per plant, linear. ± canaliculate, attenuating above, 30-50 x 0.9-1.5 cm. Scape 30-80 cm long, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, whitish, membranous, longer than pedicels at flowering, 1-1.5 cm long; pedicels 1.5-3 cm long. Perianth ± stellate. Tepals white inside with green band and whitish margins outside, 0.8-1.2 x 1.5-2.5 cm, outer tepals linear lanceolate, inner lanceolate. Stamens 0.5-0.7 cm long; filaments flat with acuminate tips. Anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid, green, c. 3 x 2 mm; style c, 4 mm long, stigma capitate. Capsule ± ovoid, c 10 x 4 mm. Seeds ± ovoid, black in colour. c. 3 mm.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+ES. The native range of this species is W. & Central Europe to Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Ryamia 1972 Between Gharian and Ryayna 1974 Misallata, Shafeyeen area, (8 km) S. of Gussbat 1978 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539466-1 https://eol.org/pages/231560

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539466-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/539466-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000711621, https://www.gbif.org/species/2772902, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160380/ornithogalum-pyrenaicum-l, https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00446.x, https://eol.org/pages/231560, https://floradegalicia.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/ornithogalum-pyrenaicum/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).