Common name
English: Meadow Gagea
German: Wiesen-Goldstern
English: Meadow Gagea
German: Wiesen-Goldstern
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Liliales (106)
Family: Liliaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Gagea (4)
Epithet: pratensis Dumort. (4)
Synonyms: Gagea composita Opiz, Gagea equitans Wallr., Gagea gussonei (A.Terracc.) Stroh
composita => compound, e.g. flowers in a head
equitans => horse riding
gussonei => in honor of Giovanni Gussone (1787–1866), Italian botanist
pratensis => growing in meadows
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow