Flora

Ornithogalum pyramidale L. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Loncomelos brevistylum (Wolfner) Dostál, it is a bulbous geophyte, glabrous, bulbose herb. Bulb ovoid e. 3 cm in diameter, tunics membranous, brownish in colour. Leaves 4-6 per plant, usually before flowers, linear, canaliculated c. 30 x 1.1 cm. Scape 30-80 cm long. Inflorescence elongated-pyramidal, with 20-30 flowers; pedicels bracteates, c. 3 cm long in fruit, bracts lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than to as long as pedicels at flowering, l-2 cm long. Perianth whitish. Tepals lanceolate, obtuse, c. 1.2 x 0.3 cm. Stamens 6-8 mm long; filaments whitish lanceolate, attenuating towards the lip. Anthers yellow. Ovary oblong-ovoid with short style. 1-2 (-3) mm. Capsule ± oblong-ovoid, slightly constricted in the middle. Seeds ± ovoid, black, 3-4 mm long.

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Reported from Leptis Magna by Durand & Barratte

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Gharian by Durand & Barratte

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: http://floradelmatese.blogspot.com/2016/05/ornithogalum-pyramidale-l.html https://osogovonature.com/2021/06/19/ornithogalum-pyramidale-l/

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539463-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/539463-1,   http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000711628,  https://www.gbif.org/species/2772885,  https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/198499/ornithogalum-pyramidale-l,  http://floradelmatese.blogspot.com/2016/05/ornithogalum-pyramidale-l.html,  https://osogovonature.com/2021/06/19/ornithogalum-pyramidale-l/,  https://eol.org/pages/1012039, https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ornithogalum~pyramidale