Gagea divaricata Regel

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Gagea

Characteristics

Plants ca. 5 cm tall. Bulb ovoid, 6--9 mm in diam.; tunic pale brown or yellowish brown, scarious, breaking up into fibers; bulbels absent. Leaves basal only, 1, filiform or very narrowly linear, 5--8 cm × ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Inflorescence (1 or)2--5-flowered. Floral leaf linear-lanceolate, longer than inflorescence, 1--1.5 mm wide, base sheathed, pilose, margin ciliate. Tepals yellow, with green band along midvein abaxially, linear or broadly lanceolate, 8--10 × 1.5--2 mm, apex mucronate. Pedicel glabrous, 18--28 mm, recurved in young fruit, erect at maturity. Stamens 4--5 mm. Style slightly longer than ovary; stigma capitate, scarcely lobed. Seeds flat. Fl. Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Gagea divaricata world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535497-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768444
COL ID 6JVV7
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Synonyms

Gagea divaricata