Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem - Ornithogalum nutans   L.
Members of Hyacinthaceae:
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Section 5 » Order Liliales » Family Hyacinthaceae
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AuthorL.
DistributionKnown as an escape only from Forsyth and Orange counties.

Native of Europe and southwestern Asia; in N.A. mostly the northeastern U.S.
AbundanceVery rare.
HabitatRoadside ditch, garden escape.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting March-April.
IdentificationIn this species the white flowers face sideways or nod (vs. face up in the much more common O. umbellatum).
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