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Gabrielyan's Starflowers

Ornithogalum gabrielianiae

Gabrielyan's Starflowers is a small bulbous geophyte from the southern Transcaucasus, endemic to Armenia and listed as critically endangered, so it is rarely cultivated. It needs a dry summer dormancy and well-drained soil to grow well.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately in the growing season and keep almost dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining gritty loam or bulb mix.
Temperature
5–25 °C; hardy to around -15 °C when dry in winter.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Transcaucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Ornithogalum gabrielianiae, commonly known as the Gabrielyan's starflowers, is a flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is endemic to Armenia.

It is classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Other Ornithogalum plants

Star Of Bethlehem · North Leaning Star · Arabian Starflower · Brotero's Star Of Bethlehem · Summer Hyacinth · Divergent Star Of Bethlehem · Gold Chincherinchee · Ornithogalum libanoticum · Ornithogalum maculatum · Bath Asparagus · Drooping star of Bethlehem · Pyrenees star of Bethlehem

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ornithogalum gabrielianiae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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