Affinitas. A Gagea tenera Pascher, a Gagea absurda Levichev, a Gagea rubinae Ali et a Gagea kunawurensis (Royle) Greuter bulbi tunicis interioribus albulis et bulbillo vegetativo nigro, semper solitario, ruguloso differt.

Plantae graciles, tenues, 10-23 cm alt., solitariae vel in paucos greges congestae. Bulbus oblique guttiformis, 5-8 mm in diam., sine radicibus sclerificatis, tunicis tenuiter coriaceis, exterioribus fuscis, interioribus pallide fuscescentibus tectus. Bulbillus vegetativus solitarius, semiguttiformis, fere niger, a facie affixa planus, stria verticali pallida ornatus, facie exteriore rugulosus in statu immaturo et in statu generativo ineunte formatus. Pedunculus 6-15 cm lg., sectione compresso-rotundatus, ca 1 mm in diam. Folium radicale solitarium, lineare, fistulosum, sectione truncato-teres, ca 1 mm in diam. Folia pedunculo alterna, sub inflorescentia plerumque bifoliata, sequentia linearia, decrescentia, quorum infimus anguste lanceolato-lineare, 2–3 mm lt., in cuspidem longam cylindricam attenuatum, inflorescentiae dimidium non attingens. Inflorescentiaa paniculata, laxa, (1)3-8-flora, pedicellis inaequilongis. Perianthii phylla anguste lanceolata, 8-10 mm lg., 1.5-2 mm lt., intus pallide flava, extus viridia, obtusata, exteriora vix breviora, post anthesin non elongata. Antherae flavae, dehiscentes ovales, ca 1 mm lg. Capsula obovoidea, basi angustata, perianthio subduplo minor. Semina brunneo-opaca, incurvato-teretia.

Differs from Gagea tenera Pascher, Gagea absurda Levichev, Gagea rubinae Ali et Gagea kunawurensis (Royle) Greuter in hav ing the inner tunics of the bulb light pale and always a single black, wrinkled vegetative bulbil.

Plants thin, slender, 10-23 cm in height, single and in small groups. Bulb obliquely-dro p-shaped, 5-8 mm in diameter, without sclerified roots, covered by thin-coriaceous, externally brown and light-brownish inside tunics. Vegetative bulbil single, semi-dro p-shaped, almost black, attachment surface - flat with vertical light strip, on an external surface - wrinkled, formed in immature and in the beginning generative stages. Peduncle 6-15 cm long, pressed-roundish in T.S., c. 1 mm in diameter. Basal leaf one, linear, fistular, tru ncated-roundish in T.S., c. 1 mm in diameter. Leaves on peduncle alternate,usually two of them are located below the inflorescence, lower is narrowly lanceolate-linear, 2-3 mm broad, gradually narrowed to long cylindrical tip, less than half the length of the inflorescence, upper diminishing, linear. Inflorescence paniculate, easily crumbled, (1)3-8-flowered, flowers on pedicels of different lengths. Tepals narrowly-lanceolate, 8-10 mm long, 1.5-2 mm broad, pale yellow inside, green outside, dulled, external tepals are hardly shorter, not extending after flowering. Anthers yellow, dehiscence oviform, about 1 mm long. Capsule obovate, narrowed to the base, hardly less than half the length of perianth. Seeds dull brown, curved, terete.