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Gagea dubia

Gagea dubia is a small spring-flowering bulbous herb from the Mediterranean region, with yellow flowers. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it needs a dry summer dormancy and cool, well-drained conditions.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately in spring while leaves and flowers are active, then keep dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil, neutral to slightly alkaline.
Temperature
Tolerates cold winters; keep dry in summer heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Medit. to NW. Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Gagea dubia is a Mediterranean species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Morocco, Spain, France, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece including Crete, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran.

Gagea dubia is a bulb-forming herb with yellow flowers.

Other Gagea plants

Gagea alberti · Altai Star Of Bethlehem · Blunt-flowered Gagea · Antakya Gagea · Early Star Of Bethlehem · Gagea bulbifera · Gagea chinensis · Golden Gagea · Gagea daqingshanensis · Gagea divaricata · Gagea fedtschenkoana · Gagea filiformis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gagea dubia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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