| Scientific Name: | Ornithogalum spp. |
| Common Name: | star-of-Bethlehem |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - southern, Europe, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Orange, Yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal (from a bulb), long linear to oblong-lanceolate, petiole slender, up to 30cm long; flowers star-shaped, in racemes (white species are most common but florists may also use the orange coloured <a href ='https://www.google.com/search?q=Ornithogalum+dubium' target='_blank'>O. dubium</a>). | |