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Gagea altaica

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Gagea altaica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. altaica
Binomial name
Gagea altaica

Gagea altaica is an Asian species of plants in the lily family, native to Kazakhstan, Siberia (Tuva, Altay Krai, Krasnoyarsk), and Xinjiang Province of western China.[1][2][3]

Gagea altaica is a bulb-forming perennial up to 12 cm tall. Flowers are golden yellow to yellow-brown, usually only one or two per plant but sometimes more.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  3. ^ Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 120 阿尔泰顶冰花 a er tai ding bing hua Gagea altaica Schischkin & Sumnevitcz
  5. ^ Schischkin, Boris Konstantinovich & Sumnevicz, Georgji Prokopievič 1929. Sistematicheskie zametki po materialam Gerbarii imeni P.N. Krylova pri Tomskom gosudarstvennom universitete imeni V. V. Kiybyseva 8: 1
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