The Pyrenees Star of Bethlehem is a native of rocky mountain hillsides from the Pyrenees in Spain right across southern Europe to Turkey and the Caucasus mountains. It is also known as Bath asparagus as the flower spikes are edible and the plant was cultivated for this purpose near the city of Bath in England. It has six-petaled yellowish-green star-shaped flowers that appear in showy 1 foot tall flower spikes in May and June. The common name is after the star of Bethlehem that appeared in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus. It prefers sunny well-drained locations.