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Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) Orange Co., NC 2 May 2006 Also known as Sleepydick, this pretty little flower is native to Eurasia and can be found naturalized in lawns and alluvial woods in the NC piedmont. | |
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) Orange Co., NC 20 Apr 2006 | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... May 7, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com