Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Liliaceae// Genus: Gagea// Species: Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Richardson (1980 in Tutin et al.).

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

Distribution: Native from Europe to Siberia, East Hymalaya and Japan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Shady and moist places in forests.

Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR.

Gagea lutea – habit. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – habit. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – habit. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – habit. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – stem with caline leaves and flowers. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – stem with caline leaves and flowers. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – stem with caline leaves and flowers. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – stem with caline leaves and flowers. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – spent flower. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –spent flower. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –spent flower. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –underside of perianth segments. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –underside of perianth segments. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –underside of perianth segments. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –spent flower with developing capsule. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea –cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – stem. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – basal leaf. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – adaxial side of basal leaf (left) and abaxial side of basal leaf (right). Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – adaxial side of basal leaf (left) and abaxial side of basal leaf (right). Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – tip of of basal leaf. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – bulb. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – bulb. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – bulb. Osogovo – “Kochanski dol” near village of Shtalkovica, 21.04.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – flowering stems. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – cauline leaf. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Gagea lutea – flower. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535577-1 [Accessed 22.04.2025].

Gagea lutea. 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/35d71d94-efc0-411a-bc1a-4c0791e057ad [Accessed 22.04.2025].

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.