Gagea pratensis, called the Yellow Star of Bethlehem, is a European and Mediterranean plant species in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as Turkey and Morocco. It was first described to science by Persoon in 1794.Gagea pratensis is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are generally yellow, sometimes with a green stripe along the backside of each tepal.formerly includedGagea pratensis var. paczoskii, now called Gagea transversalis↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ↑ ↑ ↑