Bulbous perennial herb ; up to 20 cm high , glabrous . Bulb 20-30 x 15-25 mm , ovoid . Leaves 5-6 , 15-20 x 0 . 2-0 . 4 cm , terete , erect . Scape 10-20 cm , 4-12 flowered ; pedicel 2-3 mm long ; bracts 7-9 mm long . Flowers whitish to reddish-brown , 12-14 mm long ; perianth segments subequal fused for about 1/3 the length of the perianth from the base , outer ones slightly longer than inner ; stamens arising from throat of perianth segments ; anthers versatile , 4-5 mm long ; ovary sessile , c . 4 mm long ; style c . 4 mm long . Fruit capsule , 12-14 mm long and broad , sessile . Seeds 6-7 mm , orbicular , flat , black , narrowly winged . (Ref . http://www . efloras . org) .
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Ornithogalum erythraeum (Webb & Berthel.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Uropetalon erythraeum (Webb & Berthel.) Boiss.
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Brown Lily
In the Eastern Hajar Mountains, the lower bulb is eaten raw with salt. The upper leaves grazed by livestock. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://casabio.org http://www.efloras.org https://en.wiktionary.org POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
