Gagea_pratensis

<i>Gagea pratensis</i>

Gagea pratensis

Species of flowering plant

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Naturegate, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Gagea pratensis
  3. [3]
    Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. 1794. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 11: 8l, as Ornithogalum pratense
  4. [4]
    Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo dei prati, Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort. includes color photos plus European distribution map
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