Liliaceae

G.bulbifera (Pallas) Schultes & Schultes fiL, Syst. Veg. 7:552(1829). Syn: Omithogalum bulbiferum Pallas, Reise 2:736 (1773)! G. bulbifera (Pallas) Salisb. var. nuda Regel in Acta Horti Petrop. 6:511 (1879);G. bulbifera (Pallas) Schultes & Schultes .OL var. armena Miscz. in Fl. Cauc. Crit. 9(8): 175 (1912). Ic: Reichb., Ic. FL Gem. 10: t. 481 f. 1056(1848).
Bulb with pale brown tunic extended into a short neck, usually entwined with thickened roots. Basal leaves 1 or 2, filiform, 1-2 mm broad. Inflorescence simple, forked (or cymose), 1-15 cm, with crisped hairs. Cauline leaves many, alternate, filiform, hairy at base, crowded in lower part of stem, each with a single leafless bulbil in its axil. Flowers l-2(-5). Perianth segments yeEow with a central green stripe outside, narrowly oblanceolate, 9-12 mm, glabrous. Capsule narrowly ovoid. FL 4-6. Stony slopes, rocks, cemeteries, 1350-3000 m.
Type: [USSR] in aridis limosis ad Wolgam et laicum, Pallas (iso. BM!).
E. Anatolia. A7/8 Gümüşane: Gümüşane to Bayburt, 1500 m, Stainton 8350! A9 Kars: Kağızman, Sauer 264/57! B7 Erzincan: Çaplayan, Çukur mezrası, Munzur Da., 1350-1600 m, Yildirimli 2587! B8 Erzurum: Çiflik village, University farm, Erzurum, 14 v 1967, J.G. Ross! B9 Erzurum: Tahir Da. nr Aktaş, 2000 m, T. Baytop (ISTE 34909)! Bitlis: Tatvan, Ortatepe, 2600 m, Pes/nen 2735! Van: Çuh pass, N.W. of Başkale, 3000 m, Watson et al. 1531! B10 Kars: N.E. slope of Ağri Da. nr Serdar Bulak, 2500 m, D. 43749! Ağri: by palace E. of Doğubayazit, 1890 m, D.M. Brown 405! Romania, S. Russia, Caucasia, Iran, C. Asia, W. China. Euro-Sib, element. The records of Andrasovsky from B4 Ankara (in rupestribus vallis Indije-su [incesu] prope oppidum Angora; ad fines Galatiae et Lycaoniae pxope pagum Sejid Achmedli) are possibly misidentificatioss.