Ornithogalum fimbriatum Willd. Kirpisakal (in Turkish)

Ornithogalum fimbriatum Willd. - Kirpisakal (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Scape obsolete or very short, at most 7 cm, when present usually pilose. Leaves several, exceeding scape, 3−5 mm broad, pilose on lower surface (and sometimes on upper), without a white line on upper surface; margins ciliate. Raceme corymbose, with 4−8 flowers. Perianth segments 11−14 mm, white inside, white with a green fascia outside. Fruiting pedicels sharply deflexed, somewhat thickened at their bases, lower ones 10−20 mm. Capsule narrowly winged.

 

Flowering time: March−May.

Habitat: Slopes, meadows, macchie, nr s.l.−700 m.

 

Reference:
Cullen J (1984). Ornithogalum fimbriatum Willd., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 238.

Public Description:

Ornithogalum fimbriatum, known as “kirpisakal” in Turkish, naturally grows in the Balkans and Türkiye. It is a small species and the word "fimbriatum" in its scientific name describes its hairy leaves.

White-colored flowers are on ground level and open in late winter and early spring. It is usually grown on slopes, meadows and machhie.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=9073, Accessed date: 24.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MediterraneanOrnithogalum/, Accessed date: 24.02.2016.

Uysal T (2012). Ornithogalum L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 100–104.