Gagea flavonutans is an Asian species of plants in the lily family, native to Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Assam.[1]

Gagea flavonutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. flavonutans
Binomial name
Gagea flavonutans
(H.Hara) Zarrei & Wilkin
Synonyms[1]
  • Lloydia flavonutans H.Hara

Gagea flavonutans is a bulb-forming perennial up to 25 cm tall. Flowers are yellow with purple veins. It grows in thickets and meadows at elevations of 4000–5000 m.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 123 平滑洼瓣花 ping hua wa ban hua Lloydia flavonutans H. Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 49: 202. 1974.
  3. ^ Zarrei, M.; Wilkin, P.; Fay, M. F.; Ingrouille, M. J.; Zarre, S.; Chase, M. W. (2009). "Molecular systematics of Gagea and Lloydia (Liliaceae; Liliales): Implications of analyses of nuclear ribosomal and plastid DNA sequences for infrageneric classification". Annals of Botany. 104 (1): 125–142. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp103. PMC 2706717. PMID 19451146.