Gagea pratensis

Yellow Star of Bethlehem
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Gagea
Species:	G. pratensis
Binomial name
Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort.
Synonyms
Synonymy Ornithogalum pratense Pers. Gagea bracteolaris Salisb. Ornithoxanthum pratense (Pers.) Link Stellaster pratensis (Pers.) Kuntze Ornithogalum schreberi Rchb. Ornithogalum nudiscapum Schultz Ornithogalum simplex Becker Ornithogalum stenopetalum Fr. Ornithogalum intermedium Schultz ex Schult. & Schult.f. Ornithoxanthum stenopetalum (Fr.) Link Gagea schreberi Rchb. Gagea stenopetala (Fr.) Rchb. Ornithogalum glaucum Dethard. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Gagea equitans Wallr. Gagea composita Opiz Gagea succedanea Griseb. & Schenk Gagea nova Samp. ex Lopes Gagea gussonei (A.Terracc.) Stroh

Gagea pratensis, called the Yellow Star of Bethlehem, is a European and Mediterranean plant species in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as Turkey and Morocco. It was first described to science by Persoon in 1794.

Gagea pratensis is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are generally yellow, sometimes with a green stripe along the backside of each tepal.

formerly included

• Gagea pratensis var. paczoskii, now called Gagea transversalis

External links

• Czech Botany, Gagea pratensis in Czech with color photo
• Tela Botanica in French, with color photo plus French distribution map
• Wilde Plante in Nederland en België in Dutch with several color photos
• Latvijas daba, Pļavas Zeltstarīte, Gagea pratensis in Latvian with color photo