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.[1][2][3]

Gagea jaeschkei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. jaeschkei
Binomial name
Gagea jaeschkei
Synonyms[1]
  • Gagea jaeschkei var. grandiflora Pascher
  • Gagea pamirica Grossh.
  • Gagea pamirica var. spitiensis Balodi & Uniyal

Gagea jaeschkei is a bulb-forming perennial up to 5 cm tall. Flowers are yellow in the front, dull purple on the backside.[4][5]

formerly included[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  3. ^ Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 119 高山顶冰花 gao shan ding bing hua Gagea jaeschkei Pascher
  5. ^ Pascher, Adolf 1904. Sitzungsber. Deutsch. Naturwiss.-Med. Vereins Bömen "Lotos" Prag. 52: 128