Ornithogalum umbellatum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Garden Star-of-Bethlehem
🇫🇷 Ornithogale en ombelle, Dame-d’onze-heures

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Tribe: Ornithogaleae
Genus: Ornithogalum
Species: Ornithogalum umbellatum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with O. divergens Boreau, 1847, whose main bulb is usually surrounded by many small, leafless bulbils, while that of O. umbellatum is usually surrounded by a few leaved bulbils of variable size.

Possible confusion with O. orthophyllum Ten., 1830, whose main bulb usually does not divide.

Photographs

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum-5.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum*

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum-6.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum*

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum*

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum-2.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum*

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum-3.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum*

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum-4.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum* - Main bulb and some bulbils with leaves

img/ornithogalum-umbellatum-7.webp — *Ornithogalum umbellatum* - Main bulb surrounded by leafed bulbils of variable size

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 97). Biotope.