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Gagea villosa - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Halle, Germany; 4/2013 © Julia Roeser

Gagea villosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Halle, Germany; 4/2013 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 2442
Date of entry: 20.04.2015
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Hairy star of Bethlehem

German: Acker-Gelbstern

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Liliales (111)

        Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Gagea (4)

            Epithet: villosa (M.Bieb.) Sweet (6)

Synonym: Gagea stellaris Salisb.

villosa => hairy or shaggy

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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