Gagea lutea
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| Species: | G. lutea
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| Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl
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Gagea lutea, the Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, is a Eurasian flowering plant species in the family Liliaceae. It is widespread from Spain and Norway to Siberia and Japan.[2]
Gagea lutea is a bulb-forming perennial herb with lanceolate leaves and yellow flowers.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Gagea lutea
- ^ Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1809. Gagea lutea, yellow gagea. Botanical Magazine 30: plate 1200.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 306, as Ornithogalum luteum
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo stellato Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.