Star-of-Bethlehem is a small, hardy garden plant that produces flowers with the shape of a six-pointed star. It grew first in Italy but now has become a common garden plant in North America. The petallike parts of the flower are white but have green stripes on the outside. The leaves are green with white stripes. The flower stalk rises from a coated bulb.
People grow the star-of-Bethlehem in gardens, in greenhouses, and in window boxes. Its flowers bloom in May and June, and tend to close before nightfall. The bulbs of the plant are poisonous.
