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Monday, October 21, 2013

Ornithogalum Flowers

Type of Flowers
Ornithogalum:
Ornithogalum is a genus of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa belonging to the family Asparagaceae. There are some species native to other areas such as the Caucasus.Growing from a bulb, species have linear basal leaves and a slender stalk, up to 30 cm or more 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 appeared in the Biblical account of the birth of Jesus.
There are about 180 species, of which the best known are umbellatum, saundersiae, arabicum ,thyrsoides and dubium.





















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