''Sternbergia clusiana'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

Amaryllidaceae The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus '' Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryl ...

, subfamily

Amaryllidoideae Amaryllidoideae (Amaryllidaceae ''s.s.'', amaryllids) is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Amaryllidaceae, Order (biology), order Asparagales. The most recent Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG classification, A ...

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. It has greenish-yellow flowers which appear in autumn.

Description

''Sternbergia clusiana'' is native to the East Aegean Islands,

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, the

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. It grows in dry stony areas, including fields. The greenish-yellow flowers are produced in late autumn (October to November in their natural habitats). They are the largest flowers in the genus, with

tepal A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

s of up to 7 cm plus a slightly shorter tube. The grey-green leaves, which are 8–16 mm wide, appear after the flowers, in winter or early spring., p. 157–158 File:Sternbergia Clusiana in Zagros, Iran III.jpg, In Zagros, Iran File:Sternbergia Clusiana in Zagros, Iran I.jpg, In Zagros, Iran

Cultivation

''Sternbergia clusiana'' is not reliably hardy in countries subject to frost and is then recommended for culture under the protection of at least a cold greenhouse or frame. It is propagated by bulb division.

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q719962 Amaryllidoideae Plants described in 1825 Flora of the East Aegean Islands Flora of Lebanon and Syria Flora of Iran Flora of Iraq Flora of Palestine (region) Flora of Turkey