Sternbergia (Sternbergia) belongs to the Amaryllis family. In nature, there are 5-8 species distributed in the Mediterranean, the mountains of the Crimea and the Caucasus. All of them are undersized perennial bulbous plants that look like crocuses. Sternbergia bulbs are pear-shaped, dark in color. The leaves are linear, dark green, shiny. Flowers solitary, funnel-shaped, deep golden yellow.