Gagea serotina

Gagea serotina

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Scientific 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
List
    • Anthericum serotinum (L.) L.
    • Ornithogalum serotinum (L.) Rchb.
    • Phalangium serotinum (L.) Poir.
    • Bulbocodium serotinum L.
    • Cronyxium serotinum (L.) Raf.
    • Lloydia serotina (L.) Rchb.
    • Rhabdocrinum serotinum (L.) Rchb.

Gagea serotina, synonym Lloydia serotina, is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant of the lily family. 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.

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. In North America, it is called the common alplily. It is also known as Snowdon alplily.