Gagea juliae, the yellow star-of-Cyprus, is a plant species in the lily family, native to Cyprus and southern Turkey.
Gagea juliae is a bulbous perennial herb with erect stems 2âÂÂ20 cm high. Flowers yellow internally with a broad greenish stripe externally on each perianth segment. Flowering FebruaryâÂÂApril.
On damp shaded hillsides in garigue, by roadsides or in moist rock crevices or in pine forest at 50âÂÂ1650 m altitude.
Native to Cyprus and southern Turkey, it is found in Akamas, Ayia, Stavros Psokas, Tripylos the Troödos forest, Platres, Ayios Theodoros (Adelphi Forest), the Makhera and Limassol Forests, Kellaki, Pentadaktylos, Yialousa.