Star-of-Bethlehem, leche de pajaro

Description:

This plant is perennial with bulbs below ground; the bulb is 15-25 mm long and 18-32 mm diameter. It has six to ten leaves, linear with a white line on the upper surface, up to 30 cm long and 8 mm broad, and a scape of 10-30 cm. The flowers group in a corymbose raceme with 6-20 flowers, and are white with a green stripe outside. The plant is toxic. It is used in some herbal remedies

Habitat:

Mediterranean forest between Holm and cork oaks. Parque Nacional de Monfragüe

Notes:

spanish name: Leche de gallina, Leche de pájaro, Leche de ave. Ornithogalum means "bird's milk" in latin