OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ornithogalum nutans   FAMILY Hyacinthaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Ornithogalum nutans, Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ornu_001_lvd

        

image of Ornithogalum nutans, Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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