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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Gagea |
| Species: | G. pratensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort. | |
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Synonymy
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Gagea pratensis, called the yellow star-of-Bethlehem, is a European and Mediterranean plant species in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as Turkey and Morocco. It was first described to science by Persoon in 1794.
Gagea pratensis is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are generally yellow, sometimes with a green stripe along the backside of each tepal.
- formerly included
- Gagea pratensis var. paczoskii, now called Gagea transversalis
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Naturegate, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Gagea pratensis
- Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. 1794. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 11: 8l, as Ornithogalum pratense
- Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo dei prati, Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort. includes color photos plus European distribution map
External links
- Czech Botany, Gagea pratensis in Czech with color photo
- Tela Botanica in French, with color photo plus French distribution map
- Wilde Plante in Nederland en België in Dutch with several color photos
- Latvijas daba, Pļavas Zeltstarīte, Gagea pratensis in Latvian with color photo
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| Gagea pratensis |
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