Gagea pratensis
| Yellow star of Bethlehem | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Gagea |
| Species: | G. pratensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gagea pratensis | |
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Synonymy
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Gagea pratensis, called the yellow star-of-Bethlehem,[2] is a European and Mediterranean plant species in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as Turkey and Morocco.[1] It was first described to science by Persoon in 1794.[3]
Gagea pratensis is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are generally yellow, sometimes with a green stripe along the backside of each tepal.[4]
- formerly included[1]
- Gagea pratensis var. paczoskii, now called Gagea transversalis
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Naturegate, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Gagea pratensis
- ^ Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. 1794. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 11: 8l, as Ornithogalum pratense
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo dei prati, Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort. includes color photos plus European distribution map
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gagea pratensis.
- Czech Botany, Gagea pratensis in Czech with color photo
- Tela Botanica in French, with color photo plus French distribution map
- Wilde Plante in Nederland en België in Dutch with several color photos
- Latvijas daba, Pļavas Zeltstarīte, Gagea pratensis in Latvian with color photo
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