Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Europe and Western Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds And Bulbs

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

Ornithogalum umbellatum is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family. It produces conspicuous white flowers in a stellate pattern, in mid to late spring.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Ornithogalum