John Grimshaw wrote, [Sternbergia clusiana] has a >distinctive green note to the yellow of the flower - it is not as richly >yellow as the lutea clan. This is difficult to see in Jane's photo, with >the sun streaming through the flower, but is apparent in Brian Whyers pics >on the wiki. Yes, the plants in the population I photographed were less "golden" than S. lutea, and so is the one I have at home. In addition, they are more goblet-shaped, while S. lutea seems usually to be more flaring, and they seem to be held more upright, while the other yellow sternbergias tend to be held at an angle. As noted in John G.'s post, the leaves of my plant are slightly twisted. The fact that both Jim and John G. got S. clusiana along with commercial S. lutea coincides with the origin of my plant, which Panayoti got that way. Jane McGary Jane McGary