Your blog is lovely and full of fascinating information. I thought you’d like to make the correction to keep this page up to the high standard of the rest.
MC
Hi MC,
Yes, I think you’re right and this is Ornithogalum umbellatum. Thanks for letting me know – we’re always trying to keep the pages as accurate as possible but misidentifications can always happen! I’ll get the page updated shortly.
Cheers,
Phil
Hi,
Are you quite certain that this is O. pyrenaicum? it looks more like O. umbellatum, which grows close to the ground, flowering in a loose corymbe where flowers are carried on stems several inches long. https://ornithogalum.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ornithogalum-umbellatum-1.jpg
It is a toxic plant, while O. pyrenaicum (known as ‘Bath asparagus’ or ‘aspergette’) is an edible, carried on tall thin stalks, with flowers grouped at the top on very short peduncles. http://bonnier.flora-electronica.com/menus/124-Liliacees/Ornithogalum%20pyrenaicum%205.html
Your blog is lovely and full of fascinating information. I thought you’d like to make the correction to keep this page up to the high standard of the rest.
MC
Hi MC,
Yes, I think you’re right and this is Ornithogalum umbellatum. Thanks for letting me know – we’re always trying to keep the pages as accurate as possible but misidentifications can always happen! I’ll get the page updated shortly.
Cheers,
Phil