Gagea jaeschkei is an Asian species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
Gagea jaeschkei is a bulb-forming perennial up to 5 cm tall. Flowers are yellow in the front, dull purple on the backside.Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 119 高山顶冰花 gao shan ding bing hua Gagea jaeschkei PascherPascher, Adolf 1904. Sitzungsber. Deutsch. Naturwiss.-Med. Vereins Bömen "Lotos" Prag. 52: 128
formerly included Gagea jaeschkei var. praecedens, now called Gagea gageoides
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