This is a common garden plant and I was sure that it would be an Introduction but it is thought to be possibly native at least in the East of the country. The taxonomists have made things confusing changing the name from O. umbellatum to O. angustifolium and then back again to O. umbellatum ssp campestre in Edition 3 New Flora of the British Isles by Clive Stace.

O. unbellatum ssp campestre is common in England and Scotland towards the east but not in the far north. It is uncommon in mid Wales and rare in Ireland.

Ornithogalum umbellatum ssp campestre Star-of-Bethlehem Red rocks dunes, Wirral 29th April 2005 Previous   Next

Ornithogalum umbellatum ssp campestre Star-of-Bethlehem

Red rocks dunes, Wirral 29th April 2005

Added on 30th April 2005, updated 21st January 2011, updated 18th Nov 2014