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Lily

Gagea liotardii

Also called Star Of Bethlehem, Yellow Star Of Bethlehem

Lily
Photo: Cptcv, CC BY-SA 2.5

Gagea liotardii is a small bulb-forming perennial from Eurasia and North Africa, growing up to 15 cm tall with bright yellow flowers. It is a hardy wild plant suited to open, well-drained ground rather than a typical houseplant.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and keep the soil dry while the bulb is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters; tolerates frost well, roughly -20 °C or lower.
How easy
Moderate

About

Gagea liotardii is a Eurasian and North African species of plants in the lily family. It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. Flowers are generally bright yellow to yellow-green. Its native range stretches from Spain and Morocco to Mongolia.

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 dubia · Gagea fedtschenkoana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gagea liotardii 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.

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