Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl. is a plant in the Liliaceae family, order Liliales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl. (Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.)
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Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.

Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.

The least gagea, Gagea minima, is a Eurasian bulb-forming perennial lily-family plant found across Europe, Russia, and the Caucasus.

Family
Genus
Gagea
Order
Liliales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.

Gagea minima, commonly called the least gagea, is a Eurasian plant species belonging to the lily family. It has an extensive native range: it occurs across much of south-central, southeastern, central and northern Europe, including Italy, Germany, and Scandinavia, and extends eastward into European Russia. Additional populations of the species are found in the Caucasus region. Gagea minima is a bulb-forming perennial herb that grows up to 20 cm tall. Its flowers are bright lemon yellow; the underside of the tepals is sometimes green.

Photo: (c) Svetlana Nesterova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Svetlana Nesterova · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Liliales Liliaceae Gagea

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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