Gagea jaeschkei Pasch.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Gagea

Characteristics

Plants 3--5 cm tall. Bulb narrowly ovoid, 4--6 mm in diam.; tunic yellow-brown, distally with a collar of persistent leaf bases, partly surrounded by roots; bulbels very inconspicuous or absent. Stem pubescent. Leaves basal and cauline; basal leaf 1, narrowly linear, 5--7 cm × 1.5--2 mm, keeled abaxially; cauline leaves 5 or 6, ± with bulblets in axils. Inflorescence 1-flowered. Pedicel pubescent. Tepals yellow adaxially, dull purple abaxially, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 8--10 × 2--3 mm. Stamens 6--8 mm; filaments basally flat, nearly as long as anthers. Style equaling ovary; stigma slightly 3-lobed. Seeds flat. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Gagea jaeschkei world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535556-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768511
COL ID 6K7X4
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Synonyms

Gagea pamirica Gagea jaeschkei Gagea pamirica var. spitiensis Gagea jaeschkei var. grandiflora