Star of Bethlehem

It's funny you should mention that. I've been reading a bit lately about medicinal uses for plants, and that seems to be very common. Like many traditional medicines, the proper dosage at the proper time is beneficial, but a dosage that is too high or administered under improper conditions (e.g., in combination with other medicines, or obtained from the plant at the wrong time of year) can be either ineffective or toxic.

I'd just change "Ornithogalum" to "Ornithogalum umbellatum". Saying Ornithogalum alone says it could be any species within the genus. Since this is clearly one particular species, it should be listed as Ornithogalum umbellatum. Hope this helps.

If the USDA Plants Database is correct, there are only two species of Ornithogalum in New York. Of the two, this is clearly O. umbellatum. It is also the only species of Ornithogalum that I know of that has the green and white stripes on the back of the sepals and petals (shown on the closed bud in the second picture).