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Aloes and Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Description<br />

Habitat <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution<br />

ALBUCA ORNITHOGALUM 205<br />

Plants from slender to robust, up to 150 cm. Scape 35­110 cm.<br />

Leaves lanceolate up to 70 × 3 cm. Inflorescence with 30-150<br />

flowers. Pedicels 2-11 mm. Bracts 6-22 mm long. Tepals 6-9 mm<br />

long, with several veins assembled in a green midrib. Filaments 4­6<br />

mm long, ovate with or without a tooth on each side. Ovary sessile.<br />

Capsule c. 9 mm long. Seeds c. 5 mm across.<br />

The species grows in woodl<strong>and</strong> on black soils, sometimes<br />

in heavily grazed areas between 1150 <strong>and</strong> 2300 m. It has<br />

been collected in the Gamo­G<strong>of</strong>a, Sidamo, Bale, <strong>and</strong><br />

Harerge floristic regions, <strong>and</strong> otherwise in large parts<br />

<strong>of</strong> Africa south <strong>of</strong> the Sahara. The flowering period in<br />

<strong>Ethiopia</strong> is April to May <strong>and</strong> September to November.

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