Scientific Name: Ornithogalum spp.
Common Name: star-of-Bethlehem
Family Name: Asparagaceae
Origin: Africa, Europe, South Asia / India
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °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, 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; florets 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>).