Liliaceae

G. reticulata (Pallas) Schultes & Schultes fii., Syst. Veg. 7:542 (1829). Syn: Ornithogalum reticulatum Pallas, Reise 3, anhang:727 (1776)! G. circin-nata (L. fil.) Loudon, Hort. Brit. 134 (1832); G. reticulata (Pallas) Schultes & Schultes fil var. tenuifolia Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:208 (1882)! G. tenuifolia (Boiss.) Fomin in Fomin & Woronow, Opred. Rast. Kavk. Krima 1:233 (1909)! Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 10: t. 481 f. 1054 (1848); Davlianidze, op. cit. f. 27 (1976).
Bulbs with a fibrous tunic and a 1-5 cm tubular reticulate sheath, without thickened roots, usually aggregated into dense tufts, often with short stolons. Basal leaf 1, narrowly linear, to 1 mm broad, exceeding inflorescence. Inflorescence umbellate, 4-12 cm. Cauline leaves 3-5, whorled, linear, lowest exceeding flowers. Flowers 2-5. Pedicels 1.5-6 cm, slender, with crisped hairs, equalling or longer than scape. Perianth segments yellow inside, green outside, linear-lanceolate, 15-20 x 2-3 mm, acuminate. Capsule spherical, shorter than perianth segments. Fl. 3-4. Dry steppe, fallow fields, roadsides, 450-1000 in.
Type: [USSR] inter Astrakan et Kisljar,PalIas(iso.BM! Hb. Linn. 428/18).
Scattered, mainly in Inner Anatolia. A9 Kars: Tuzluca, 1000 m, Ozyurt 1160! B4 Ankara: Tuz G, 45 km N. of Şereflikoçhisar, 950 m, Coode & Jones 128! B8 Bingöl: Bingöl Da., Çaylar mevkii, 1200 m, Engin 0402! C6 Urfa: Birecik, hills nr Mezra, Sint. 1888:138! C7 Urfa: Birecik, Djebel Taken, Sint. 1888:257!
N. Africa, Arabia, Syria, Iran, Caucasia, Turkestan. Ir.-Tur. element.