Bath Asparagus / نجمة بيت لحم

لبن الطير

Ornithogalum narbonense L.

Flowers, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
March to April

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Geophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Ornithogalum L.
Family
Asparagaceae
Wikidata item
Q942778
GBIF Item
Ornithogalum narbonense L. (2772958)

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  3. Mifsud, S. (2021) Ornithogalum narbonense profile created on May-2006. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 11-Apr-2022
  4. Eker İ, Kaya A, Çelik A, Eker N. (2022). “İbuflora (Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Kampüs Florası)”. http://ibuflora.com. Accessed date: 13 March 2022.

Citation

Ornithogalum narbonense L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/758 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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