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Amaryllidaceae

Winter daffodil

Sternbergia lutea (L.) Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.

Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Sternbergia

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Winter daffodil (Sternbergia lutea)
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Common names

By language (14)
Arabic
ذربوب أصفر
arz
ستيرنبيرجيا لوتيا
Azerbaijani
Sarı şternbergiya
Catalan
Narcís de tardor
Chinese
黄韭兰
Croatian
Žuta lužarka
Czech
Lužanka žlutá
English
Winter daffodil
German
Herbst-Goldbecher
Greek
Στερνμπέργκια η κίτρινη
Hungarian
Őszi vetővirág
Japanese
キバナタマスダレ
Persian
جام زرین پائیزه
Russian
Штернбергия жёлтая

Synonyms

  • Amaryllis lutea L.
  • Oporanthus luteus (L.) Herb.
  • Oporanthus siculus (Tineo ex Guss.) Parl.
  • Sternbergia aurantiaca Dinsm.
  • Sternbergia greuteriana Kamari & R.Artelari
  • Sternbergia lutea subsp. greuteriana (Kamari & R.Artelari) Strid
  • Sternbergia lutea subsp. sicula (Tineo ex Guss.) D.A.Webb
  • Sternbergia sicula Tineo ex Guss.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.