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    Gagea bohemica  (ZAUSCHN.) SCHULT. & SCHULT.F.    
 

Fam.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam.  

Synon.:  Gagea fistulosa  (RAMOND ex DC.) KER GAWL.

Genus:  Gagea  SALISB.
 

Authors:
   ZAUSCHN.:  Johann Baptista Josef Zauschner (1737 - 1799), Czech botanist
   SCHULT.:  Joseph August Schultes (1773 - 1831), Austrian physician and naturalist
   SCHULT.F.:  Julius Hermann Schultes (1804 - 1840), Austrian physician and botanist in Bavaria, son of Joseph August Schultes
   RAMOND:  Louis François Elisabeth Ramond de Carbonnière (1753 - 1827), French botanist who explored the Pyrenees
   DC.:  Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778 - 1841), Swiss botanist
   KER GAWL.:  John Bellenden Ker (John Gawler, 1764 - 1842), English botanist
   SALISB.:  Richard Anthony Salisbury (Richard Markham, 1761 - 1829), English botanist
 

Etymology:
   Gagea:   Thomas Gage (1781 - 1820), English botanist
   bohemica:   from Bohemia
   fistulosa:   tube-like
 

Gagea bohemica is a very hairy small Star of Bethlehem with blunt tips of the petals that grows in the mountains, often at rocky places, and blooms very early. The long basal leaves are only about 1 mm in diameter (see e.g. Fig. 7).

 

Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 1:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 2:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 3:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 4:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 5:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 6:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, F Caussols 15.3.2024
Fig. 7:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
F Caussols 15.3.2024
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, Crete Ideon Andron 2.4.2015
Fig. 8:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
Crete, Ideon Andron 2.4.2015
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 9:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 10:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily, Samos Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017
Fig. 11:  Gagea bohemica / Early Star of Bethlehem, Radnor Lily
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017

 


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