Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.62.14
Sternbergia lutea
English: Winter daffodil; Autumn daffodil; Fall daffodil; Lily-of-the-field; Yellow autumn crocus.
Use: ornamental plant.
Region: Balearic Islands in the Western Mediterranean through to Tajikistan in Central Asia.
Botany: bulb, herb; style with its stigma; leaves glossy green, up to 12 mm wide, remain through winter; flowers deep yellow, in autumn; tepals six, grey-striated; stamens six, yellow; style with a single stigma.