Gagea pusilla

Gagea pusilla is a Eurasian plant species in the lily family. It is native to Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia (European Russia, North Caucasus, West Siberia Krai), and Kazakhstan.^[1][2]

Gagea pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Gagea
Species:	G. pusilla
Binomial name
Gagea pusilla (F.W.Schmidt) Sweet
Synonyms[1]
Ornithogalum pusillum F.W.Schmidt Ornithogalum clusii Tausch Gagea clusiana Schult. & Schult.f. Ornithoxanthum pusillum (F.W.Schmidt) Link Stellaster pusillus (F.W.Schmidt) Kuntze Ornithogalum uniflorum Zauschn. [1776], illegitimate homonym not L. [1753] Ornithogalum marginatum Pall. Ornithogalum tunicatum J.Presl & C.Presl Ornithogalum podolicum Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f. Ornithogalum trigonophyllum Schult. & Schult.f. Gagea tunicata (J.Presl & C.Presl) Kreutzer Gagea reflexa Czern. ex Rchb. Gagea pineticola Klokov Gagea praeciosa Klokov

Gagea pusilla is a bulb-forming perennial herb. Its flowers are yellow.^[2]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo minuscolo, Gagea pusilla (F. W. Schmidt) Sweet

External links

• Czech Botany, Gagea pusilla, křivatec nizoučký / krivec nízky in Czech with color photos
• Botanik im Bild, Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Zwerg-Gelbstern