Day: August 25, 2023

#694 They called me Gagea lutea, also known as Ornithoxanthum persoonii, and Ornithogalum persoonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Christian Hendrik Persoon. They first catalogued me in 1809.

Native to Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, and Yugoslavia.