Ornithogalum umbellatum L., 1753 43% complete

Garden star-of-bethlehem

Sp. Pl.: 307 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced10 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded14 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 307 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Garden star-of-bethlehem No source recorded
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Observations W. & C. Europe No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 11 cm
  • 11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 270, 310, 421, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 175, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 30 cm
  • 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 270, 310, 421, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun No source recorded
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Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 175, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 7 cm Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record