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Ornithogalum umbellatum

Wild on Quail Island, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Matt Ward, Date taken: 10/10/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Wild on Quail Island, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Matt Ward, Date taken: 10/10/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Star of Bethlehem

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Flower colours

White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Ornithogalum umbellatum L.

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1956

Origin

Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia

Other information

Etymology

umbellatum: Bearing umbels