Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort.

Meadow gagea (en), Gagée des prés (fr), Gagée à pétales étroits (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Gagea

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.09-0.2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Gagea pratensis habit picture by Pedroso Rui (cc-by-sa)
Gagea pratensis habit picture by Karsten Hoffmeyer (cc-by-sa)
Gagea pratensis habit picture by Rui Delgado (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Gagea pratensis leaf picture by marco.ao (cc-by-sa)
Gagea pratensis leaf picture by Karsten Hoffmeyer (cc-by-sa)
Gagea pratensis leaf picture by Eszter Elek (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gagea pratensis flower picture by Pedroso Rui (cc-by-sa)
Gagea pratensis flower picture by R R (cc-by-sa)
Gagea pratensis flower picture by pavel.a (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gagea pratensis world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Ukraine

Conservation status

Gagea pratensis threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535623-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768612
COL ID 6K87X
BDTFX ID 28653
INPN ID 99194
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Gagea pratensis f. exscapa Gagea stenopetala f. exscapa Ornithogalum schreberi Ornithogalum stenopetalum Ornithogalum exscapum Ornithogalum intermedium Ornithogalum glaucum Ornithoxanthum pratense Ornithogalum simplex Ornithoxanthum stenopetalum Gagea nova Gagea composita Gagea equitans Gagea gussonei Ornithogalum pratense Gagea bracteolaris Gagea stenopetala Gagea schreberi Gagea succedanea Ornithogalum nudiscapum Gagea pratensis subsp. gussonei Gagea pratensis var. sicula Gagea stenopetala var. pollinensis Gagea stenopetala var. schreberi Gagea pratensis subsp. stenopetala Gagea stenopetala subsp. schreberi Gagea stenopetala subsp. pratensis Stellaster pratensis Gagea pratensis f. angustifolia Gagea pratensis f. grandiflora Gagea stenopetala f. angustifolia Gagea stenopetala f. grandiflora Gagea polymorpha Gagea pratensis