Gagea lutea explained

Gagea lutea, known as the yellow star-of-Bethlehem, is a Eurasian flowering plant species in the family Liliaceae. It is widespread in central Europe with scattered populations in Great Britain, Spain, and Norway to Siberia and Japan.[1] [2]

Gagea lutea is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial with lanceolate leaves and green-tinged yellow flowers with 6 tepals.[3] [4] [5] It is a predominantly lowland species that inhabits moist, base-rich, shady habitats including; broad-leaf woodlands, hedgerows, limestone pavements, pastures, and riverbanks.[6] It has been used as an indicator of ancient woodland in East Anglia.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gagea (L.) Ker Gawl. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 19 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Gagea lutea. 1 February 2019.
  3. Gagea lutea, yellow gagea. John Bellenden. 1809. Curtis's Botanical Magazine . 30. 1200. 1 February 2019.
  4. Web site: The Plant List: Ornithogalum luteum . Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden . 1 February 2019 .
  5. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=gagea+lutea Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo stellato Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.
  6. Web site: Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl. . BSBI Online Plant Atlas 2020 . P.A. Stroh . T. A. Humphrey . R.J. Burkmar . O.L. Pescott . D.B. Roy . K.J. Walker . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland . 19 March 2023.
  7. Indicators of ancient woodland. Francis Rose. 1999. British Wildlife. 246. 7 April 2020. 30 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930022852/https://pad.basingstoke.gov.uk/documents/4753/01/02/76/01027625.PDF. dead.

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