- Family:
- Asparagaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Ornithogalum L.
Ornithogalum umbellatum L.

Native to:
Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, Baltic States, British Columbia, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Sweden, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Hyacinthus umbellatus (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Ornithogalum affine Boreau
- Ornithogalum angustifolium Boreau
- Ornithogalum boraeanum Jord. & Fourr.
- Ornithogalum campestre (Savi) Prain
- Ornithogalum cespititium Jord. & Fourr.
- Ornithogalum corymbosum Gaterau
- Ornithogalum dioscoridis Bubani
- Ornithogalum fasciculatum Timb.-Lagr.
- Ornithogalum horologicum Stokes
- Ornithogalum minus L.
- Ornithogalum nanum Ten.
- Ornithogalum parviflorum Jord. & Fourr.
- Ornithogalum peyrei Timb.-Lagr.
- Ornithogalum praetextum Steven ex Kunth
- Ornithogalum preumbellatum Candargy
- Ornithogalum rusticum Jord. & Fourr.
- Ornithogalum stellare Salisb.
- Ornithogalum tardans Jord. & Fourr.
- Ornithogalum umbellatum subsp. angustifolium (Boreau) P.D.Sell
- Ornithogalum umbellatum subsp. campestre (Savi) Rouy
- Scilla campestris Savi
- Stellaris corymbosa (Gaterau) Moench
- English
- Star of Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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34458.000 | No | ||||
Wood, J.J. [484], France | 45888.000 | No | |||
Birkinshaw, D. [77], Lebanon | K000283338 | Yes | |||
Mooney, H.F. [4461], Lebanon | K000283339 | Yes | |||
Mooney, H.F. [4461], Lebanon | K000283340 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000802754 | Yes | |||
unknown [s.n.] | K000696794 | No | |||
Day, C.D. [3], Turkey | K000341687 | No | |||
Cope, T.A. [RBG 327], United Kingdom | Ornithogalum angustifolium | K000914572 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 307 (1753)
Accepted by
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
- Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
- Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- George, A.S. (ed.) (1987). Flora of Australia 45: 1-521. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Healey, A.J. & Edgar, E. (1980). Flora of New Zealand 3: 1-220. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
- Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
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