General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 14 to 24 inches
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Green
White
Other: Buds, oval with green and white stripes, flowers are white with a pale green central vein.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Pollinators: Various insects

Common names
  • Star Of Bethlehem
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ornithogalum narbonense
  • Synonym: Ornithogalum brachystachys

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