- Types:
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Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, starflower, summer snowflake
common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
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Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, Prussian asparagus, bath asparagus
Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots
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Ornithogalum thyrsoides, chincherinchee, wonder flower
South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers
