Common star-of-bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Dove's dung, Eleven-o'clock lady, Grass lily, Nap-at-noon, Sleepydick
Formerly Hyacinthus umbellatus
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Bulbous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- EuropeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Artengruppe Dolden-Milchstern, Dolden-Milchstern, Doldiger Milchstern
- Czech
- okruh snědku rozkladitého, snědek chocholičnatý
- Hungarian
- ernyős sárma, ernyős madártej, Ernyős sárma
- Italian
- Stelle di Betlemme
- Swedish
- Morgonstjärna
- Arabic
- صاصل خيمي
- Spanish
- Estrella de Belén, Leche de ave, Leche de gallina
- Estonian
- Sarik-linnupiim
- Basque
- Oiloesne
- Persian
- ارنیتگالوم آمبلاتوم
- Finnish
- Beetlehemintähti, sarjatähdikki
- French
- dame d'onze heures, Dame de 11 heures, Dame de onze heures
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Ornithogalum umbellatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.