Gagea fragifera (Vill.) E.Bayer & G.López (syn: Gagea anisanthos K.Koch; Gagea brentae Evers; Gagea emarginata Kar. & Kir.; Gagea erubescens (Besser) Schult. & Schult.f.; Gagea fistulosa var. acutipetala A.Terracc.; Gagea fistulosa var. alpina A.Terracc.; Gagea fistulosa var. angustifolia A.Terracc.; Gagea fistulosa subsp. decandolleana Pascher; Gagea fistulosa var. dyris Maire; Gagea fistulosa var. foliosa A.Terracc.; Gagea fistulosa var. fragerifera (Vill.) A.Terracc.; Gagea fistulosa var. grandiflora A.Terracc.; Gagea fistulosa subsp. liotardii Maire; Gagea fistulosa var. spathacea A.Terracc.; Gagea intermedia Schltdl. ex Rchb.; Gagea lasczinskyi Zolot.; Gagea liotardii Schult. & Schult.f., nom. superfl.; Gagea liotardii subsp. erubescens (Besser) Nyman; Gagea liotardii var. fragerifera (Vill.) Schult. & Schult.f.,
not validly publ.; Gagea lutea var. brentae Evers; Gagea minima subsp. intermedia (Schltdl. ex Rchb.) Nyman; Gagea mirabilis Grossh.; Gagea samojedorum Grossh.; Gagea saxatilis Boreau ex Nyman, not validly publ.; Gagea turcomanica Popov; Ornithogalum erubescens Besser; Ornithogalum fistulosum subsp. ramondi Gaudin; Ornithogalum fistulosum subsp. subalpinum Gaudin; Ornithogalum fragiferum Vill.; Ornithogalum liotardii Sternb., nom. superfl.; Ornithoxanthum liotardii Link, nom. superfl.; Stellaster liotardii Kuntze, nom. superfl.);        

Afghanistan; Altay; Austria; Bulgaria; Corse; East European Russia; France;
Germany; Greece; Iran; Iraq; Italy; Kazakhstan; Kirgizstan; Krym; Lebanon-Syria;
Mongolia; Morocco; North Caucasus; North European Russi; Romania; Sardegna;
Sicilia; Spain; Switzerland; Tadzhikistan; Transcaucasus; Turkey; Turkmenistan;
Ukraine; Uzbekistan;
West Himalaya; West Siberia; Xinjiang as per Catalogue of life


 

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Gagea lutea from Paddar valley J&K:  2 correct images.

Sharing an early spring flower of W-Himalayas
Bot. name: Gagea lutea
Family: Liliaceae.
Location: Paddar valley J&K
Altitude: 2000 to 3500 meters asl
Flowering: April-May 


For 1st and 3r images, keys in flora of Pakistan lead me to Gagea liotardii (Sternb.) Schult. et Schult. f.
Also check with images in Wikimedia Commons.


2nd image is different.

References: Catalogue of Life  high resolution specimen GBIF (High resolution specimens)  flora of Pakistan  Wikimedia Commons  Wikipedia  

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