Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ornithogalum nutans
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
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Learn more about Drooping Star of Bethlehem from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ornithogalum nutans
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ornithogalum nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-28-002:
Ornithogalum nutans FAMILY Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ornu_001_lvd
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Dixie Damrel dzd_031023_o_nutans
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Inflorescence racemose and cylindrical (vs. O. umbellatum corymbose and rounded or flat-topped), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ornithogalum nutans
FAMILY
Hyacinthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ornithogalum nutans
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ornithogalum nutans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-28-002:
Ornithogalum nutans
FAMILY
Liliaceae
4202
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Lawns and suburban woodlands, commonly cultivated, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: west Asia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (plant scapose, leaves usually withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring
White (gray-green on back)
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Capsule
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