Common name
English: Star-of-Bethlehem
German: Dolden-Milchstern
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Asparagaceae (32)(family description)
Genus: Ornithogalum (2)
Epithet: umbellatum L. (1)
Synonyms: Hyacinthus umbellatus (L.) E.H.L.Krause, 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 garganicum Ten., Ornithogalum horologicum Stokes, Ornithogalum minus L., Ornithogalum parviflorum Jord. & Fourr., Ornithogalum peyrei Timb.-Lagr., Ornithogalum praetextum Steven ex Kunth, Ornithogalum preumbellatum Candargy, Ornithogalum rusticum Jord. & Fourr., Ornithogalum tardans Jord. & Fourr., Ornithogalum vulgare Sailer, Scilla campestris Savi, Stellaris corymbosa (Gaterau) Moench
angustifolium => with narrow leaves
campestre => growing in fields
campestris => growing in fields
corymbosa => arranged in corymbs
corymbosum => full of corymbs (clusters of fruit or flowers)
dioscoridis => in honor of Pedanius Dioscorides (40-90), Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist employed as a medic in the Roman army
minus => smaller, lesser
parviflorum => small-flowered
umbellatum => having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form
umbellatus => having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form
vulgare => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white