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Goose onion (lat. Gagea) - winter-hardy perennial, which is a representative of the Liliaceae family. Other names are eider, yellow snowdrop, yellow flower, viper onion, yellow goose or bird onion.
Description
The goose onion is a small-bulbous plant of a relatively small height (from three to thirty centimeters), equipped with beautiful lanceolate leaves and spectacular star-shaped flowers of bright yellow color.
A given plant may have one bulb, however, most often, several daughter bulbs are formed on a goose onion, which are associated with the mother bulbs with the help of stolons. By the way, bulbs can form both on the bottoms of the bulbs and in the axils of the stem or basal leaves. And sometimes they form in place of the buds!
Umbellate inflorescences of goose onions include a relatively small number of stellate yellow flowers. It is noteworthy that in bad weather, as well as in the evenings, the inflorescences of goose onions are always very tightly closed.
Simple corolla-shaped perianths are formed by six segments-leaflets located in two circles. And the goose onion also has six stamens. Despite the fact that the flowers of goose onions are practically odorless, the nectar they contain invariably attracts pollinating insects. After flowering, the aerial parts of the plants die off rather quickly, and the fruits of the goose onions look like rather interesting bolls.
Its scientific name - gagea - this plant received in honor of Thomas Gage, an English amateur botanist. And it is called a goose bow for the simple reason that with the onset of spring, as soon as the fields and meadows begin to be covered with flowers, huge flocks of wild geese descend on them, which nibble young shoots with great pleasure.
Currently, science knows about two hundred and fifty species of goose onions.
Where grows
Almost all varieties of goose onions grow in Eurasia, in the temperate zone. And in the territory of the former USSR, this plant can most often be found in the territory of Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine and Belarus. In Russia, the goose grows mainly in the European part of the country, as well as in the Far East and Siberia. Best of all, this plant feels on the slopes of ravines, in deciduous forests, as well as in areas with sparse grass and shrub thickets.
Usage
Goose onions are actively used in ornamental gardening. Among other things, goose onions are also an edible plant: some hostesses are happy to use it to prepare vitamin salads. In addition, the bulbs of this plant can be boiled or baked. And in the old days, in the years when there was a bad harvest, the peasants dried the bulbs and grinded them - later they were added to the flour intended for making bread.
The bulbs of this plant have also found their application in folk medicine - they have proven themselves excellent in the treatment of dropsy, and the decoction from the bulbs of the plant in milk is an excellent wound healing and soothing agent, in addition, such a decoction is also given in small quantities to children with epilepsy. Well-chopped fresh plant bulbs also have a good wound healing effect.
Growing and caring
Planting goose onions is best in shaded areas - it will grow especially well in any soils with medium moisture under the canopy of trees. At the same time, the soils must be permeable to water - stagnation of water when growing goose onions must not be allowed! And goose onions are propagated either with freshly harvested seeds or bulbs at the end of summer.
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