Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum comosum L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Italy, Central Europe, Southeast Europe, Northwest Africa and Asiatic Turkey according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Habitat: Found in open dry habitats- grassland, sparse bushland.
Flowering period: Spring to early summer (MAY, JUN).
Ornithogalum comosum – habitat. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ornithogalum comosum – habitat. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – habit. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – habit. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – habit. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – habit. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – developing inflorescence. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – flowers and flower buds. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – flowers and flower buds. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – flowers. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – flowers: outside of perianth segments with green stripe. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – flowers: outside of perianth segments with green stripe. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – plant base, most of the leaves are withered at anthesis. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – adaxial side of leaf. Leaves are glaucous, glabrous of the surface and ciliate on the margins. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Ornithogalum comosum – abaxial side of leaf. Leaves are glaucous, glabrous of the surface and ciliate on the margins. Osogovo, hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 