Ornithogalum nutans L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inAsparagaceae, Uncategorized

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum nutans L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+).

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Zahariadi (1980 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to parts of the Balkan Peninsula and Türkiye according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+).

Habitat: Pteridium aquilinum fields, oak forests.

Recorded localities: Below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), at c. 1250 m altitude and between Kochanski dol and Sinkovica at c. 1000 m altitude.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – habit. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – inflorescence. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – inflorescence. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – inflorescence. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – inflorescence. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flowers. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flowers. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flowers. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – side view of flower – outer side of tepals with green band. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans –flowers and bracts. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – outer side of tepals with green band. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – side view of flower – outer side of tepals with green band. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – spent flower. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – spent flower with capsule. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – spent flower with capsule. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – scape and leaves. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – scape and leaves. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – scape and leaves. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – leaves. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – leaves. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – leaves. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – scape. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – scape. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – base of scape. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – base of scape and bulb. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – bulb. Osogovo – below Ponikva (towards village of Jastrebnik), 06.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ornithogalum nutans – A: habit. Scale in cm. B: flowers and capsule. Scale in cm/mm. C: petals, D: outer anthers; E: inner anthers; F: pedicel, ovary, style and stigma; G: width of leaf. Scale in mm. H: bulb. Scale in cm/mm. The longitudinal crest of the mid-vein of both outer and inner anthers is not toothed. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Ornithogalum nutans L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:539382-1 [Accessed 09.05.2024].

Ornithogalum nutans. Raab-Straube, E. von (2022+): Asparagaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1cae70a8-df5a-484a-8a88-5e4af5d3ab11 [Accessed 09.05.2024].

Zahariadi, C. 1980. Ornithogalum L. Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 35–40.