Botanical name

Ornithogalum schlechterianum

Family

Asparagaceae

Synonym (old name)

Ornithogalum niveum

Description

Bulbous geopyte up to 30cm, straggling. Leaves 3-10, linear, soft and spreading up to 30cm long. Flowers on a flaccid stalk in a subcorymbose raceme, translucent-white.

Habitat

Rock ledges, often damp, at middle to upper altitudes

Flower Date

December to February