Gagea spathacea Salisb.

Belgian gagea (en), Gagée à spathe (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Gagea

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.1-0.225m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination apogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.23
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Gagea spathacea leaf picture by Andreas Thurn (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gagea spathacea flower picture by Ulyana Bodnar (cc-by-sa)
Gagea spathacea flower picture by Simone Schindler (cc-by-sa)
Gagea spathacea flower picture by Phillip Jones (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gagea spathacea world distribution map, present in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535661-1
WFO ID wfo-0000768672
COL ID 6JW9M
BDTFX ID 28670
INPN ID 99206
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Gagea belgica Ornithogalum heynii Ornithogalum belgicum Ornithoxanthum spathaceum Stellaster spathaceus Ornithogalum spathaceum Gagea spathacea var. transcarpatica Gagea spathacea