Gagea serotina

Gagea serotina
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. serotina
Binomial name
Gagea serotina
Synonyms [1]
  • Lloydia serotina (L.) Reichenb., conserved name
  • Lloydia alpina Salisb.
  • Bulbocodium serotinum L.
  • Anthericum serotinum (L.) L.
  • Phalangium serotinum (L.) Poir.
  • Rhabdocrinum serotinum (L.) Rchb.
  • Ornithogalum serotinum (L.) Rchb.
  • Cronyxium serotinum (L.) Raf.
  • Bulbocodium autumnale L.
  • Bulbocodium alpinum Mill.
  • Ornithogalum altaicum Laxm.
  • Ornithogalum striatum Willd.
  • Gagea striata (Willd.) Sweet
  • Ornithogalum bracteatum Torr. [1827], illegitimate homonym not Thunb. [1794]
  • Gagea bracteata Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Lloydia striata (Willd.) Sweet
  • Nectarobothrium striatum (Willd.) Ledeb.
  • Nectarobothrium redowskianum Cham.
  • Lloydia sicula A.Huet

Gagea serotina, synonym Lloydia serotina, is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant of the lily family.[2] It is widespread across the mountainous parts of western North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, and in Europe is found in the Alps, the Carpathians and the mountains of Bulgaria, as well as in Great Britain. It is also native to much of Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Mongolia, Korea and Japan.[1][3]

It was originally known as mountain spiderwort, but is now known in Great Britain as the Snowdon lily, or in Welsh as Lili'r Wyddfa (meaning "rush-leaves of the mountain").[4] In North America, it is called the common alplily. It is also known as Snowdon alplily.[5]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Gagea serotina[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 198 Lloydia serotina (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 102. 1830.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Robin Gwyndaf (2006). The Mountain Man. A portrayal of Evan Roberts, Capel Curig, rockman, botanist and conservationist. Capel Curig: Friends of St. Julitta's Church. ISBN 0-9552995-0-0.
  5. ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 524. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 14 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.