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Long Stalked Star Of Bethlehem

Gagea peduncularis

Long Stalked Star Of Bethlehem
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Gagea peduncularis is a small bulb-forming perennial from the eastern Mediterranean, with yellow star-shaped flowers. It is a wild species seldom grown in gardens, and it prefers a dry, sunny, well-drained spot during its growing season.

Family
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during active growth in spring and let the soil dry out completely while the bulb is dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil, or a loam with added grit.
Temperature
Hardy to around -10 °C when dry; keep dry in summer heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Italy to E. Medit.
Climate
temperate

About

Gagea peduncularis is a Mediterranean plant species in the family Liliaceae. It is native to Italy (Apulia), Greece (including Crete), the Balkans, Turkey, Cyprus, and Libya.

Gagea peduncularis is a bulb-forming perennial herb. Flowers look yellow from the front, green from the back.

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 peduncularis 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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