Ornithogalum pyrenaicum

Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, also called Prussian asparagus, wild asparagus, Bath asparagus, Pyrenees star of Bethlehem, or spiked star of Bethlehem, is a plant whose young flower shoots may be eaten as a vegetable, similar to asparagus.

Clade:Embryophytes

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Monocots

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Ornithogalum pyrenaicum
Flowering Bath asparagus in Clout's Wood, Wroughton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Ornithogalum
Species:	O. pyrenaicum
Binomial name
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L.
Synonyms[1]
Anthericum sulphureum Waldst. & Kit. Beryllis pyrenaica (L.) Salisb. nom. inval. Hyacinthus sulphureus (Waldst. & Kit.) E.H.L.Krause nom. illeg. Loncomelos pallidum (Salisb.) Speta Loncomelos pyrenaicum (L.) J.Holub Loncoxis sulphurea (Waldst. & Kit.) Raf. Ornithogalum asphodeloides Schur Ornithogalum flavescens Lam. nom. illeg. Ornithogalum granatense Pau Ornithogalum melancholicum Klokov ex Krasnova Ornithogalum ochroleucum Montandon Ornithogalum pallidum Salisb. Ornithogalum racemosum Gaterau Ornithogalum sulphureum (Waldst. & Kit.) Schult. & Schult.f. Parthenostachys pyrenaica (L.) Fourr. Phalangium sulphureum (Waldst. & Kit.) Poir. Scilla sylvestris Savi Stellaris erecta Moench

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The common name Bath asparagus comes from the fact it was once abundant near the city of the same name in England.^[2]