Gagea pauciflora is a plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China. The genus is named after the English naturalist Sir Thomas Gage (1781–1820). The specific epithet pauciflora derives from the Latin paucus (“few”) and flos (“flower”), reflecting the species’ characteristic inflorescence, which bears only 1–3 flowers. Gagea pauciflora was first described as a new species under the name Plecostigma pauciflorum by Nikolai Turczaninow in 1844. In 1854, Carl Friedrich von Ledebour transferred the species to the genus Gagea, establishing the currently accepted name.
