flowers

Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem
Gagea lutea
Height up to 15cm

Perennial of damp woodland, often on calcareous soils. Local, almost confined to E England. The single, narrow basal leaf has a hooded tip. Leafless stems, with two leaf-like bracts, are topped with clusters of flowers, 20mm across, April­May.

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