Ornithogalum xanthochlorum Baker is a plant in the Asparagaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Ornithogalum xanthochlorum Baker

Ornithogalum xanthochlorum Baker

Ornithogalum xanthochlorum is a flowering plant endemic to South Africa's Northern and Western Cape.

Family
Genus
Ornithogalum
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Ornithogalum xanthochlorum Baker

Ornithogalum xanthochlorum Baker is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the genus Ornithogalum. This plant is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has two common names: Namaqua chink, and slangkop, which means snake head in Afrikaans. It is distributed across the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asparagaceae Ornithogalum

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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