Hispanopedia WikiGagea 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
- 123Kew 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
- 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
Categories:
- Gagea
- Plants described in 1794
- Flora of Europe
- Flora of Turkey
- Flora of Morocco
- Liliales stubs