Nothoscordum
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Description
Glabrous, inodorous herb with bulbs.
Leaves radical, linear, flat, 15-45 cm by 5-12 mm.
Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth;
Ovary with many ovules per locule.
Fruit a capsule, loculicidally 3-valved.
Seeds several, black.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated), W Java, subtropical North America
Native to subtropical North America; cultivated as an ornamental, often escaped and naturalized. In Java sometimes cultivated, locally naturalized in W Java (Backer & Bakh. f., l.c).