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Author:  Nicolaas Joseph von Jacquin, 1797
Family:  HYACINTHACEAE*
Origin:  South Africa, Lesotho
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  4 Centimetres
Height:  20 Centimetres
Flower:  White
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs
Names:  Rush-Leaved Star of Bethlehem
Synonyms:  Ornithogalum graminifolium, Sessé & Moc. 1894.
Anthericum pauper, Poelln.
Anthericum quadrifidum,
Poelln.
Nicipe capillifolia,
Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan.
Nicipe comptonii,
Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan.
Nicipe comptum,
Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan.
Nicipe juncifolia,
Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan.
Nicipe petraea,
Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan.
Ornithogalum brevifolium,
F.M.Leight.
Ornithogalum capillifolium,
Fourc.
Ornithogalum comptonii,
F.M.Leight.
Ornithogalum comptum,
Baker.
Ornithogalum epigeum,
F.M.Leight.
Ornithogalum griseum,
Baker.
Ornithogalum juncifolium
var. emmsii, van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk.
Ornithogalum langebergense,
 F.M.Leight.
Ornithogalum leptophyllum,
Baker.
Ornithogalum limosum,
Fourc.
Ornithogalum oliganthum,
Baker.
Ornithogalum petraeum,
Fourc.
Ornithogalum stenostachyum,
Baker.
Ornithogalum subulatum,
Baker.
Ornithogalum tenuipes,
C.H.Wright.

This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was described by Nicolaas Joseph von Jacquin in 1797. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb grow to four centimetres in diameter, the grass-like leaves to 20 centimetres. The flowers are white, and besides from seeds, the plant can be reproduced by bulbs.

The genera name from Greek: ornithos; 'bird' and gala; 'milk'. The species name means 'leaves like Juncus;  rush'.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Hyacinthaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.