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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Yellow star-of-Cyprus - Gagea juliae Pascher - - Cyprus

Near-endemic to Cyprus

Gagea juliaeyellow star-of-Cyprus is a plant species in the lily family, native to Cyprus and southern Turkey.
Gagea juliae is a bulbous perennial herb with erect stems 2-20 cm high. Flowers yellow internally with a broad greenish stripe externally on each perianth segment. Flowering February-April
On damp shaded hillsides in garigue, by roadsides or in moist rock crevices or in pine forest at 50-1650 m altitude.
Native to Cyprus and southern Turkey, it is found in AkamasAyia, Stavros Psokas, Tripylos the Troödos forest, Platres, Ayios Theodoros (Adelphi Forest), the Makhera and Limassol Forests, KellakiPentadaktylosYialousa. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photos Troodos 24/4/2014  by George Konstantinou


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