Bulbous perennial herb ; up to 10(-50) cm tall , glabrous . Bulb globose or ovoid , ± 3 cm in diameter , covered with a tunic of white scales . Leaves several (to 15) , all basal , to 55 x 1 . 5 cm , linear to linear-lanceolate , erect to spreading , margins entire to ± undulate . Scape single , bearing 5-30 flowers ; pedicels to 6 mm enlarging in fruit ; bracts 5-14 mm , triangular , acute or acuminate . Flowers yellow-green , green to brown , honey-scented ; perianth tubular with six segments , the outer and inner unequal , yellowish green to brown perianth segments 8-12 mm ; inner elliptic , the outer oblong-lanceolate , caudate , spreading ; stamens included ; style single . Fruit capsule , 14 x 13 mm , loculicidal , trigonous . Seeds c . 5–6 mm across , ± circular , black , flattened . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
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Hyacinthus viridis L.
Lachenalia viridis (L.) Thunb.
Ornithogalum viride (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
Scilla viridis (L.) Salisb.
Uropetalon viride (L.) Ker Gawl.
Zuccangnia viridis (L.) Thunb.
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Dainty Green Bells
Green Lily
In Omani studies: Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This particular one is well known as being the very first greenery to appear after even light rain. It comes up in spreading clumps, the leaves initially very fine and delicate, like new shoots of grass. The name ergod esa 'ar means 'fresh grazing for gazelle', (J: ergod meaning any fresh, rain-produced grazing or browse), in recognition of the fact that only their very thin and prehensile lips were initially able to grasp the delicate shoots and pull up the little tubers at the base. Once the plants had grown on slightly, goats too were able to nibble at them and were very partial to them, and now that gazelle have left the plains, the goats only have to compete with the many birds who are also very fond of the tuber and peck at it and dig ip up. All
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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 Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
