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This lovely flower, with its six slender petals, is common in the springtime. The flowers grow in an umbel-like cluster on top of yellowish-green stalks that branch out at alternately from the main stalk. The flowers, which close up in shady weather, have bright green tepals on the outsides.
Flowers.
Mar-May.
Size.
20-30 cm (short)
Flower Blossom.
6 petals; 30-40 mm across. The bright white flowers are 30-40 mm across, with 6 petals.
Leaves.
The linear leaves are long and narrow, channelled, and have a white central stripe along the top surface.
Habitat.
Garrigue, rocky ground and slopes.
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