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Ornithogalum umbellatum, the garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o'clock lady, a species of the genus Ornithogalum, is a perennial bulbous flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).
Lysimachia borealis is found from Canada to north-central and eastern United States, primarily in boreal forest in Canada and in northern conifer-hardwood forests in the United States. [8] It is found in temperate climates. [12] The species is one of the ten most common herbaceous-layer native plants in eastern deciduous U.S. National Park forests.
It is also sometimes known by many other lily related names such as mountain-lily, [23] white mountain lily, [15] mountain star-lily, [1] desert-lily, [32] and sage lily. [33] It was also occasionally called wild tuberose. [32] In the 1890s in Colorado it was called white crocus, despite not being related to those flowers. [34]
Common names for the genus include star-grass, [4] star lily, yellow stars, African potato, [2] and stars. [5] The genus is the largest of the Hypoxidaceae [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and has its centre of variation in South Africa, [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] where it occurs in open undisturbed grasslands. [ 8 ]
A non-flowering shoot bears one smooth, waxy, shiny leaf up to 10 centimeters long and 5 to 8 cm broad, hence its scientific name (dilatatum means 'broad'). The leaf is oval in shape with a heart-shaped base. The inflorescence is an erect raceme with star-shaped white flowers. They each have four tepals and four stamens.
The group includes herbaceous, perennial and bulbous species, all native to North America (primarily the Western United States). [5] [6] The genus Calochortus includes mariposas (or mariposa lilies) with open wedge-shaped petals, globe lilies and fairy lanterns with globe-shaped flowers, and cat's ears and star tulips with erect