Flora

Ornithogalum umbellatum L., it is a bulbous geophyte, Bulbs ovoid to sub globular-ovoid, 1-3 cm across, tunics membranous, whitish to brownish in colour. Leaves 6-9 per plant, glabrous, linear, acuminate, 15-35 x 0.4-0.8 (-1) cm, longer than the scape, sometimes white banded on dorsal surface. Scape 10-30 cm long, corymbosely 6-20 (-30)-flowered. Pedicels bracteate spreading, lower pedicels mush longer than the top ones, up to 10 cm long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2-6 cm long. Perianth ± stellate. Tepals oblong to linear-oblong, obtuse, c. 2.5 x 0.8 cm, whitish inside, greenish with narrow whitish margins. Stamens 1-1.5 cm long; filaments whitish, flat-lanceolate. Anthers yellow. Ovary ± obovoid; style shorter than to equalling the stamens; stigma ± capitate. Capsules oblong-ovoid, 6-ribbed, ribs usually in pairs. Seeds numerous, ± ovoid with black testa.

Reported from Tripolitania and Cyrenaica by Pampanini

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Wild in Libya.

Link of images:  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ORNUMB/ https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/814.html https://missouriplants.com/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_page.html https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539600-1

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539600-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/539600-1,   http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000709833,  https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42754#null,  https://www.gbif.org/species/2773448,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/197951/ornithogalum-umbellatum-l,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/814.html,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ORNUMB/,  https://dryades.units.it/ampezzosauris/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=6837&num=326,  https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=f298, https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ornithogalum+umbellatum, https://bplant.org/plant/1055, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithogalum_umbellatum