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STARFLOWER
starflower, sleepy dick, summer snowflake, Ornithogalum umbellatum
(noun) common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
starflower (plural starflowers)
Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
Calytrix, a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae).
Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).
Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae).
Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae).
Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae).
Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including
Ornithogalum arabicum (star-of-Bethlehem)
Ornithogalum dubium (sun star or orange star)
Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
Ornithogalum nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus,spiked star-of-Bethlehem).
Ornithogalum umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem).
Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae))
Trientalis borealis, northern starflower
Trientalis europaea, European starflower or Arctic starflower
Trientalis latifolia, Pacific starflower.
Source: Wiktionary
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