Index / Search / Ornithogalum umbellatum
§1 Plant
Ornithogalum umbellatum L.
vernacular star of Bethlehem — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ornithogalum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 528 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 528 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Cleburne 05023
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Perry 05105
- Pulaski 05119
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Boone 18011
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Fountain 18045
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 49 I ▾
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Daviess 21059
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Franklin 29071
- Holt 29087
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- Montgomery 29139
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Platte 29165
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Warren 29219
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Cocke 47029
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 56 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Grant 54023
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Mason 54053
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
Wisconsin view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ORUM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2773448 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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