Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schult. & Schult. f.

Taxonomy: Fam. Liliaceae// Genus: Gagea// Species: Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schult. & Schult. f. 

Variability: Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Gagea saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Schultes & Schultes fil. (G. bohemica subsp. saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Pascher). In the Euro+Med PlantBase (World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), this taxon is included within Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schult. & Schult. f. 

Lifeform: Perrenial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitat:  Found in dry rocky habitats- river gorges, rocky hills, on rock cliffs and cracks with shallow soil.

Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flower. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flower. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flower. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flower. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flower. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- flower. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- bulb. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- bulb with removed tunic. Gorge of “Kochanska River”04.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- habit at fruiting stage. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- habit at fruiting stage. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- capsules. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea bohemica (type saxatilis)- capsules. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewhttp://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Gagea%20bohemica&PTRefFk=8000000

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