Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schult. & Schult. f. (syn. Gagea saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Schultes & Schultes fil.)

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

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Richardson (1980 in Tutin et al.) as Gagea saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Schultes & Schultes fil. (G. bohemica subsp. saxatilis (Mert. & Koch) Pascher). In The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, Peruzzi & Tison, 2022+), this taxon is considered a synonym of Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schult. & Schult. f. 

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

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

Distribution: Native from West and Central Europe to the Mediterranean according to the Plants of the World Online portal.

Flowering period: Late winter to early spring (FEB, MAR).

Locality: Gorge of Kochanska River. Date: 21.02.2021.

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)-  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)-  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska River”, 21.02.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Gorge of Kochanska River. Date: 04.02.2021.

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)- 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, 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)- 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 with removed tunic. 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.

Locality: Gorge of Kochanska River. Date: 13.03.2021.

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.

Literature:

Gagea bohemica. Raab-Straube, E. von, Peruzzi, L. & Tison, J.-M. 2022+: Gagea. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cbc6b130-b6bd-4e80-9b95-fd1b81ab88b3 [Accessed 26.03.2026].

Gagea bohemica. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Gagea%20bohemica&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 05.02.2021].

Gagea bohemica (Zauschn.) Schult. & Schult.f. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535452-1  [Accessed 26.03.2026].

Richardson, I. B. K. 1980. Gagea Salisb. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae. Monocotyledones. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 26–28.

Last update: 26.03.2026.