Subject: Re: Ornithogalum (Chincherinchee)

From: [email-masked] (Gerald W. Roe)
Date: 4 Apr 1995 07:29:47 GMT

True enough that there are many species of Ornithogalum, but the
common name Chincherinchee refers normally to O. thyrsoides. This
is different from Star of Bethlehem, which usually refers to 
O. umbellatum and sometimes to O. pyrenaicum. O. pruinosum is 
called giant Chincherinchee.
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