Sternbergia vernalis

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Sin: Sternbergia fischeriana

Bulb c. 2.5-3.5 cm diam. Leaves 4-7, lorate, synanthous, flat,not or scarcely keeled, 6-12 mm broad, dull grey-green or shiny green. Aerial portion of scape c. 3-15 cm at anthesis. Bract 2.5-4.5 cm. Flower usually pale yellow, sessile or on a pedicel to 5 mm. Perianth tube 3-5 mm; segments oblanceolate, 2-3.5 x 0.5-0.8 cm. Filaments 1-2 cm. Seeds with a large strophiole. Fl. 2-3. In scrub and edge of woods in stony ground, nr s.l.-1500 m.

E. Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran, Kashmir; Syria?