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  2. Ornithogalum - Wikipedia

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    Growing from a bulb, species have linear basal leaves and a slender stalk, up to 30 cm tall, bearing clusters of typically white star-shaped flowers, often striped with green. The common name of the genus, star-of-Bethlehem, is based on its star-shaped flowers, after the Star of Bethlehem that appears in the biblical account of the birth of ...

  3. Ornithogalum umbellatum - Wikipedia

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    The plant's many common names include garden star-of-Bethlehem, [17] sleepydick, [18] nap-at-noon, [7] grass lily, summer snowflake, snowdrop, starflower, bird's milk, chinkerichee, ten-o'clock lady, eleven-o'clock lady, Bath asparagus, and star of Hungary. The references to the time of day reflect the opening times of the flowers, opening late ...

  4. Hippobroma - Wikipedia

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    Hippobroma longiflora, also called Star of Bethlehem or madamfate, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is the only species in the genus Hippobroma . It is endemic to the West Indies , but has become naturalized across the American tropics and Oceania .

  5. Ornithogalum narbonense - Wikipedia

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    Ornithogalum narbonense reaches on average 40–50 centimetres (16–20 in) of height, with a maximum of 70 centimetres (28 in). The bulbs are whitish and ovoid. The stems are erect and the long leaves are fleshy and lance-shaped, 8–15 millimetres (0.31–0.59 in) wide.

  6. Ornithogalum thyrsoides - Wikipedia

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    Ornithogalum thyrsoides [2] is a bulbous plant species that is endemic to the Cape Province in South Africa. It is also known by the common names of chinkerinchee or chincherinchee, star-of-Bethlehem or wonder-flower. [3] It produces long-lasting flowers prized as cut flowers. [4]

  7. Ornithogalum nutans - Wikipedia

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    Ornithogalum nutans, known as drooping star-of-Bethlehem, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Europe and South West Asia. It is a bulbous perennial growing to 20–60 cm (8–24 in) tall by 5 cm (2 in) wide, with strap-shaped leaves and green striped, pendent grey-white flowers in spring. [3]

  8. Ornithogalum arabicum - Wikipedia

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    Ornithogalum arabicum is a species of star of Bethlehem native to northern Africa and southern Europe. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Common names include Arab's eye , lesser cape-lily , and Arabian starflower . [ 4 ] [ 3 ]

  9. Rabelera - Wikipedia

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    The common name stitchwort is a reference to a herbal remedy in which this plant is used allegedly to cure side stitch, which afflicts many people when they try to run without stretching first. [14] Other common names for Rabelera holostea include: daddy's-shirt-buttons, poor-man's buttonhole, brassy buttons, wedding cakes, star-of-Bethlehem ...