Gagea minima explained

Gagea minima, known as the least gagea, is a Eurasian species of plants in the lily family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Its native range is quite large, as it is found in much of south-central, southeastern, central and northern Europe (Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, and from there eastwards into European Russia), with additional populations in the Caucasus region.^{[1] [8]}

Gagea minima is a bulb-forming perennial up to 20 cm tall. Flowers are bright lemon yellow, sometimes green on the underside of the tepals.^[8]

External links

• Naturegate, Least gagea
• Czech Botany, Gagea minima, křivatec nejmenší / krivec najmenší
• Biopix
• Free Nature Images

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=307324 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
3. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
4. Diemeer, J. (2005). Gagea miniata (L.) Ker-Gawl. nieuw in Nederland - een erfenis van Linnaeus ?. Gorteria; Mededelingenblad ten Dienste van de Floristiek en het Vegetatie-Onderzoek van Nederland 31: 11-17.
5. Peruzzi, L. & Gargano, D. (2005). Distribuzione del genere Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Calabria. Informatore Botanico Italiano 37: 1117-1124.
6. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
7. Levichev, I.G. (2006). A review of the Gagea (Liliaceae) species in the flora of Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 91: 917-951.
8. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=gagea+minima Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo minore Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.