Now I know autumn is here, the first Sternbergias have appeared both in my garden and in the wild, there are many of them around here, especially in rocky areas. You see them in many gardens in the nearest village, I am sure they have transplanted them from the wild.
I would like to get some help from the experts here, for many years I have been wondering if they are S. lutea or S. siccula (or if you wish S. lutea ssp. siccula). Arne Strid saw a photo I sent him once and said he thought they were the latter, but I am still not convinced. The flowers mostly appears first (like S. siccula), but the leaves are wider than those described for S. siccula, and the flowers are bigger, sometimes the petals are long and narrow, but quite often more rounded, with more cup-shaped flowers (see second photo). The two first photos are from the wild, the last one from my garden (wild source), these photos were taken last year, though.