Gagea minima, known as the least gagea, is a Eurasian species of plants in the lily family.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesKomarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.Diemeer, J. (2005). Gagea miniata (L.) Ker-Gawl. nieuw in Nederland - een erfenis van Linnaeus ?. Gorteria; Mededelingenblad ten Dienste van de Floristiek en het Vegetatie-Onderzoek van Nederland 31: 11-17.Peruzzi, L. & Gargano, D. (2005). Distribuzione del genere Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Calabria. Informatore Botanico Italiano 37: 1117-1124.Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.Levichev, I.G. (2006). A review of the Gagea (Liliaceae) species in the flora of Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 91: 917-951.
Its native range is quite large, as it is found in much of south-central, southeastern, central and northern Europe (Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, and from there eastwards into European Russia), with additional populations in the Caucasus region.Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo minore Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl. includes photos, European distribution map, etc.
Gagea minima is a bulb-forming perennial up to tall. Flowers are bright lemon yellow, sometimes green on the underside of the tepals.
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Naturegate, Least gagea Czech Botany, Gagea minima, křivatec nejmenší / krivec najmenší Biopix Free Nature Images