Scientific Name

Ornithogalum umbellatum L.

Family

Hyacinthaceae (New South Wales and Western Australia)
Liliaceae (Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania)

Common Names

bird's milk, chincherinchee, common star of Bethlehem, dove's dung, nap at noon, nap-at-noon, pigeon dung, sleepy Dick, sleepy-Dick, sleepydick, snowdrop, snowdrops, star flower, star of Bethlehem, starflower, star-of-Bethlehem, summer snowflake, summer snow flake, ten o'clock lady

Origin

Native to north-western Africa (i.e. Algeria and Morocco), Europe (i.e. Austria, Belgium, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ukraine, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia, France, Portugal and Spain) and western Asia (i.e. Cyprus and Turkey).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in many parts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. in some parts of central and southern New South Wales, in central and northern Victoria, in Tasmania and in south-eastern South Australia).

Also widely naturalised in the USA and Canada.

Notes

Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) is regarded as an environmental weed or potential environmental weed in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia.