Gagea villosa (M.Bieb.) Sweet, 1826 33% complete

Hairy star of bethlehem

Hort. Brit.: 418 (1826)


Data sources

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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded14 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (M.Bieb.) Sweet No source recorded
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Bibliography Hort. Brit.: 418 (1826) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1826 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Hairy star of bethlehem No source recorded
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Observations Europe, Medit. to S. Iran No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 20 cm Sourced
Biological type geophyte Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height empty Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months mar, apr No source recorded
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Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record