Ornithogalum nutans

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 308. 1753.

Common names: Nodding star-of-Bethlehem
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 319.

Plants (15–) 30–50 (–60) cm; bulbs progressively renewed over 3–4 years, 2–3 × 2.5–3.5 cm; bulblets numerous. Leaves (3–) 4–6; blade with white adaxial stripe, 30–60 cm × (3–) 5–10 (–15) mm. Scape 2–5 dm. Inflorescences racemose, 5–12 (–18) -flowered, cylindrical; bracts 3–4 cm. Flowers nodding, especially after anthesis; perianth campanulate; tepals white with wide green abaxial stripe, lanceolate, 20–30 × 9–12 mm, outer 3 slightly gibbous at base, inner 3 slightly wider; stamens: outer 6–8 × 3–4 mm, inner 13–15 × 4–5 mm; filaments 3-dentate, flattened; anthers 3–4 mm; ovary ovoid to subglobose, slightly 6-angled, 5–6 mm; style 5–6 mm; lower pedicels to 1 cm. Capsules broadly ovoid. 2n = 45.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Fields, waste places, abandoned gardens
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Ont., Conn., Del., D.C., Ill., Md., Mich., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., Va., W.Va., Europe, sw Asia, expected elsewhere

Discussion

Though widely cultivated and naturalized, Ornithogalum nutans is not as common as O. umbellatum.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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cordate +  and linear +
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dilated +
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3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
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flattened +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
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zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
campanulate +
Flowering spring. +
wind-distributed +
globose +  and ovoid +
W2 +, W1 +  and Introduced +
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