dcsimg

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Very Rare

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BA Cultnat
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Conservation Status

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Endemic

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Description

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An ovoid bulb.There are bulblets  produced on the bulb neck beneath the leaf sheaths. Leaves are wide, linear-filiform and shorter than the inflorescence. Sheaths are smooth.  The spathe is cacucous apparently 2-valved. The umbel is globose and dense. The pedicels unequal and white-scarious. The perianth campanulate, umbilicate at base has segments and it is white with a pinkish or green mid-vein,oblong. The stamens with exserted or subexserted anthers. Filaments glabrous, the outer 3 simple, narrowly triangular. The  seeds not seen.

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Global Distribution

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Egypt

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Habitat

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Sandy and rocky places, calcareous hills.

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Life Expectancy

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Perennial

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Size

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Height: 12-25 cm

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Status in Egypt

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Endemic

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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BA Cultnat
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina