Common name:
Yellow star-of-bethlehem
Family:
Scientific name:
Gagea lutea
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered, localised places, mainly England and central Scotland
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Damp woodland, on rich, calcareous soils
Flowers:
In open clusters of one to seven; 6 tepals (up to 15 mm long), green below, yellow above, 6 stamens, shorter than the tepals, and a central green pistil, shorter than the stamens. Clusters are subtended by 2 or 3 bracts
Leaves:
Narrow, linear, grass-like, hooded at the tip, up to 40 cm long. One leaf per stem
Season:
March to May
Rarity:
★★★★★
