Taxonomy: Fam. Liliaceae// Genus: Gagea// Species: Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et. al, 1980) as Gagea arvensis (Pers.) Dumort., Fl. Belg. 140 (1827). According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010), this name is a synonym of Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl., Quart. J. Roy. Inst. 1: 180. 1816.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus and Syria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Habitatat: Ruderal areas, near cultivated land, roadsides.
Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR.
Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 26.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – stem with cauline leaves and inflorescence and basal leaves. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – upperpart of plant – stem with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – upperpart of plant – stem with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – upperpart of plant – stem with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – upperpart of plant – stem with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – flowers. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – flowers. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – flowers. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – flower. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – flower. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – outer side of perianth segments. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – outer side of perianth segments. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – pedicels and flowers. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – spent flowers. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – cauline leaves, pedicels and bracts. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – basal leaves. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – basal leaf. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – basal leaf. Ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Specimen from the ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gagea minima – habit. Specimen from the ruderal area near village of Beli, 27.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
