Gagea lutea

English: Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem - Yellow Star of Bethlehem
Nederlands: Bosgeelster
Español:
Français: Gagée des bois - Gagée jaune - Ornithogale jaune
Deutsch: Wald-Gelbstern - Gewöhnlicher Gelbstern - Wald-Goldstern

Family: Liliaceae - Lily family
Flowering time: March-May
Height: 10-30cm
Altitude: to 1900m
Colour: yellow
Leaves: basal leaf solitary, linear-lanceolate, margin hairy
Habitat: clearings in deciduous woods, damp grassland, scrub
Distribution: widespread across much of Europe, especially in central Europe







Notes: Gagea lutea is a bulb-forming perennial herb that is occasionally cultivated in gardens. Stems are hairless and the umbel-like clusters have two to seven flowers (15-25mm). Each tepal has a band of green on the back.

Related key words: Landgoed Spaar en Hout Haarlem, stinsenplant, stinzenplant, stinzenflora, Stinsenplanze, plantes castrales