Gagea serotina
Alpine Lily · Common Alp Lily · Common Alpine-lily · Golden Alpine Lily · Snowdon Lily
Family LiliaceaeGenus Gagea
Also published as Lloydia serotina. You are in the right place.
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Native range
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria and elsewhere
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Protocol
DerivedSER, INSR and RBG Kew, 2026Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.
- 1
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 380 days · Temperature: 50°F 10°C · Light: either · Medium: 1% agar
12 hours light, 12 dark.
about 12 months from start to sowing. Then 380 days to germinate.
86% germination in 380 days.
Over a year at 10C. SID holds one record for this species.
