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Gagea altaica
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G. altaica
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Gagea altaica

Gagea altaica is an Asian species of plants in the lily family, native to Kazakhstan, Siberia (Tuva, Altay Krai, Krasnoyarsk), and Xinjiang Province of western China.[1][2][3]

Gagea altaica is a bulb-forming perennial up to 12 cm tall. Flowers are golden yellow to yellow-brown, usually only one or two per plant but sometimes more.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  3. ^ Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 120 阿尔泰顶冰花 a er tai ding bing hua Gagea altaica Schischkin & Sumnevitcz
  5. ^ Schischkin, Boris Konstantinovich & Sumnevicz, Georgji Prokopievič 1929. Sistematicheskie zametki po materialam Gerbarii imeni P.N. Krylova pri Tomskom gosudarstvennom universitete imeni V. V. Kiybyseva 8: 1