نجمة بيت لحم

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Slightly glaucous, broadly or narrowly linear, with smooth or finely toothed margins. Mouterde's separately treated O. densum has soft leaves strongly hairy beneath.

نوع الورقة

كاملة الحافة

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Loose raceme up to 30 cm or more long, with bracts tapering gradually from the base. Flower stalks spread or ascend in flower and lie close to the stem in fruit. Perianth 10–12 mm long in Mouterde's typical account; tepals white with a strong green band. Stamens one-half to two-thirds as long as the perianth, with white filaments and yellow anthers.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Oblong capsule with three grooves.

مواسم النبات

الإزهار

آذار إلى نيسان

الفنلوجية

Phenology: April–May; March–April in Mouterde's O. densum account.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Tyr, Ras Bayada, Saida–Nabatiye, Beirut, Antelias, Enfe, Jamhour, Bikfaya, Bzoummar, Antoura, Rayfoun, Ehden, Hasroun, Bcharre, Wadi Hadchit, Qannoubine, Rayak, Zahle, Marjayoun, Sarada and Rachaya. Additional O. densum records include Rmeile, Khalde, Bouar, below Beit Mery, above Jbail, Hrar and the Jezzine–Machghara pass. Also recorded at Bqaatouta and Bekish.

Syrian distribution: Bhamra, south of Safita, Massiaf–Qadmous, the Chatha pass, Slenfe, Banias, Tartous, Aleppo, Ain Tell, Oudehi, Babeska, Khan Sebil, Bab el Haoua, Lake Homs, Jabal Semaane, Rastane, Qalaat el Moudiq, Hama–Homs, Kissoue–Qatana, Qraye–Kafer and Soueida. Mouterde also records O. densum at Kizil Dagh.

Native range: Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe.

Introduced into: Canary Is.

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

بصيلة، Life-form & habit: Perennial herb with an oval bulb and an upright flowering stem.

دورة الحياة

نبات معمّر

لون الزهرة

ابيض

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Ornithogalum narbonense

الفصيلة

هليونية

الجنس

صاصل

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

حلحل محمل

Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten.

Puschkinia scilloides

هَليون

Asparagus aphyllus

ياقوتية مشرقية

Hyacinthus orientalis