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'''''Sternbergia lutea''''' ('''Autumn Daffodil''', '''Fall daffodil''', '''Lily-of-the-field''', '''Winter daffodil''', '''Yellow Autumn crocus''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Amaryllidaceae]], which is used as an [[ornamental plant]].  
 
'''''Sternbergia lutea''''' ('''Autumn Daffodil''', '''Fall daffodil''', '''Lily-of-the-field''', '''Winter daffodil''', '''Yellow Autumn crocus''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Amaryllidaceae]], which is used as an [[ornamental plant]].  

Latest revision as of 19:02, 18 June 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   bulbous

Height: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: 3 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early fall, mid fall, late fall
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 9
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Amaryllidaceae >

Sternbergia >

lutea >


Sternbergia lutea (Autumn Daffodil, Fall daffodil, Lily-of-the-field, Winter daffodil, Yellow Autumn crocus) is a flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, which is used as an ornamental plant.


Read about Sternbergia lutea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sternbergia lutea, Ker-Gawl. (Amaryllis lutea, Linn.). Bulb about 1 1/2 in. through: lvs. 6-8 to a bulb, strap-shaped, becoming 1 ft. long: fls. yellow, 1-4 to a bulb; tube less than 1/2 in. long; perianth-segms. about 1 1/2 in. long. Medit. region of Eu. and Asia.

Var. major, Hort., has fls. much larger than those of the type. CH


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