Gagea fistulosa, (Ram. exDC.) Ker-Gawler

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12. G. fistulosa (Ram. exDC.) Ker-Gawler , Jour. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 180 (1816)

( G. liotardii (Sternb.) Schultes & Schultes fil. ; incl. G. mirabilis Grossh. , G. samojedorum Grossh. ).

Bulbs 2, in a common tunic. Stem glabrous. Basal leaves usually 2, linear, subterete, fistular; cauline 2, opposite, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Flowers (1—)3—5; pedicels more or less hairy. Perianth-segments 13—17(—20) mm, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse to subacute. Capsule obovoid; seeds subglobose. Mountains of Europe, from E. Carpathians southwards to the Pyrenees, Sicilia, S. Greece and Krym; at low altitudes in N.E. Russia. Au Bu Co Ga Gr He Hs It Rm Rs (N, W, K,?E) Si. (13-15). G. arvensis group. Bulbs 2, enclosed in a common tunic. Stem puberulent. Basal leaves 2; cauline 2, opposite or almost so, lanceolate, pubescent. Pedicels hairy at least at the base. Capsule obovoid-oblong. Seeds subglobose.

1 Outer perianth-segments glabrous or sparsely pubescent

outside, often ± deflexed at apex 13. arvensis 1 Outer perianth-segments ± densely hairy outside, not deflexed 2 Bulbs not densely surrounded by recurved fibrous roots;

perianth-segments puberulent, bearded at apex; bulbils

usually absent 14. dubia 2Bulbs densely surrounded by recurved fibrous roots; perianth-

segments densely white-pubescent; bulbils usually present

15. granatelli