Albuca bracteata

Albuca bracteata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Albuca
Species:
A. bracteata
Binomial name
Albuca bracteata
(Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Ornithogalum bracteatum Thunb.
  • Ornithogalum longebracteatum Jacq.
  • Ornithogalum caudatum Aiton
    • (incomplete list)

Albuca bracteata (syn. Ornithogalum longebracteatum[2]), is known by the common names pregnant onion,[3] false sea onion,[4] and sea-onion.[5] It is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. Its flowering stems can reach a height of 90 cm and can carry up to 100 greenish white flowers.

  1. ^ a b "Albuca bracteata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  2. ^ "Ornithogalum longebracteatum", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-05-21
  3. ^ Ornithogalum longibracteatum Jacquin. Archived 2008-10-27 at the Wayback Machine Plant Introductions of the Huntington Botanical Gardens.
  4. ^ Liepina, J. False Sea Onion. Zvaigzne ABC. ISBN 978-9984-40-610-7.
  5. ^ "Albuca bracteata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.