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Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Pyrenees star of Bethlehem)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, also called Prussian asparagus, wild asparagus, Bath asparagus, Pyrenees star of Bethlehem, or spiked star of Bethlehem, is a plant whose young flower shoots may be eaten as a vegetable, similar to asparagus. The common name Bath asparagus comes from the fact it was once abundant near the city of the same name in England.
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Infraspecies

Ornithogalum pyrenaicum pyrenaicum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Skin contact with the bulb can cause dermatitis in sensitive people; Any toxins in this plant are concentrated in the bulb;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Bulb
Height [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [2]  8 inches (0.2 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Moist
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Protected Areas

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia hordei (Barley brown rust)[4]
Puccinia liliacearum[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0