Commonly known as Star of Bethlehem, this genus includes some that are almost prostrate, while others are tall plants. What they have in common is their white starry flowers, carried in tight clusters. The bulbs usually multiply quite quickly, so a good display is easy to obtain.

Ornithogalum nutans is rather like a bluebell in structure, but the conical flowers are white, covered on the reverse of the petals with silvery grey-green, apart from a narrow edge strip. It is an easy bulb, multiplying well, but surprisingly rarely seen.