Gagea chrysantha

Gagea chrysantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Gagea
Species: G. chrysantha
Binomial name
Gagea chrysantha
Schult. & Schult.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ornithogalum chrysanthum Jan
  • Stellaster chrysanthus Kuntze

Gagea chrysantha is a European species of plants in the lily family, found only in Italy. It is native to the regions of Sardinia, Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata, and Apulia.[1] Similar populations from the eastern Mediterranean have long been referred to G. chrysantha but recent evidence suggests that this group is actually a complex of several species rather than a single species.[2]

Gagea chrysantha is a bulb-forming herb with yellow flowers.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Lorenzo, Peruzzi. 2008. Contribution to the cytotaxonomical knowledge of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae). III. New karyological data from the central Mediterranean area. Caryologia 61(1):92-106
  3. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo greco Gagea chrysantha


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