Common name
English: Meadow Gagea
German: Wiesen-Goldstern
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Liliales (111)
Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Gagea (4)
Epithet: pratensis Dumort. (5)
Synonyms: Gagea composita Opiz, Gagea equitans Wallr., Gagea gussonei (A.Terracc.) Stroh
composita => compound, e.g. flowers in a head
equitans => horse riding
gussonei => in honor of Giovanni Gussone (1787–1866), Italian botanist
pratensis => growing in meadows
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow