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    Gagea spathacea  (HAYNE) SALISB.    
 

Fam.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam.  

Genus:  Gagea  SALISB.
 

Authors:
   HAYNE:  Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (1763 - 1832), German botanist
   SALISB.:  Richard Anthony Salisbury (Richard Markham, 1761 - 1829), English botanist
 

Etymology:
   Gagea:   Thomas Gage (1781 - 1820), English botanist
   spathacea:   spathe-shaped
 

One of the most southern occurrences of the Belgian Gagea Gagea spathacea in Germany can be found in the beech wood 'Lusshardt' between Forst, Hambrücken and Ubstadt-Weiher in the Upper Rhine Valley. It is rarely in flower, often it propagates only vegetatively. In the northern parts of Germany the plant is spread wider.

 

Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 1:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 2:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 3:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 4:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 5:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 6:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 7:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 8:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 9:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Fig. 10:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem (narrow leaves of sterile plants)
D Hambrücken 7.4.2010
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 29.3.2008
Fig. 11:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem (narrow leaves of sterile plants)
D Hambrücken 29.3.2008
Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem, D Hambrücken 29.3.2008
Fig. 12:  Gagea spathacea / Belgian Star of Bethlehem (narrow leaves of sterile plants)
D Hambrücken 29.3.2008

 


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