Gagea altaica is an Asian species of plants in the lily family, native to Kazakhstan, Siberia (Tuva, Altay Krai, Krasnoyarsk), and Xinjiang Province of western China.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesPavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
Gagea altaica is a bulb-forming perennial that grows up to tall. The flowers are golden yellow to yellow-brown, usually giving only one or two flowers per plant but sometimes more.Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 120 阿尔泰顶冰花 a er tai ding bing hua Gagea altaica Schischkin & SumnevitczSchischkin, Boris Konstantinovich & Sumnevicz, Georgji Prokopievič 1929. Sistematicheskie zametki po materialam Gerbarii imeni P.N. Krylova pri Tomskom gosudarstvennom universitete imeni V. V. Kiybyseva 8: 1
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External links Plantarium Gagea altaica Schischk. & Sumnev. (семейство Liliaceae) Гусиный лук алтайский in Russian with color photo