Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Ornithogalum L. [1186]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Star-of-Bethlehem

# spp.: 213

pub_year: 1753

accepted: Accepted

Family: Asparagaceae

family_ja: キジカクシ

Infra familial classification: Subfamily Scilloideae: Tribe Ornithogaleae

distribution_en: Europe to Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar

description_en: Genus of 80 species of bulbous perennials found in a variety of habitats, ranging from dry, rocky hillsides to meadows and woodland, in C. and S. Europe, the Mediterranean, former USSR, W. and S.W. Asia, tropical Africa, and South Africa. They are grown for their sometimes corymb-like racemes of often star-, cup-, or funnel-shaped, occasionally scented flowers; usually white, sometimes yellow or orange, they are borne on leafless stems in spring or summer. The leaves are basal, and vary from linear to obovate, sometimes with a silver stripe down the centre. Smaller species are suitable for a rock garden; taller ones for a herbaceous border. In ideal growing conditions, O. nutans and O. umbellatum may become invasive, but, as with O. montanum, are suitable for naturalizing in short turf or beneath shrubs. In frost-prone areas, grow tender species in a cool greenhouse, or grow outdoors and lift in autumn. All parts may cause severe discomfort if ingested, and the sap may irritate skin.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Remove offsets when dormant.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment:

comment_ja: オーニソガラム

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2023-09-13 08:47 by hkokubun@mac.com

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