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Verinea
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Verinea

Asphodelus is a genus of mainly perennial flowering plants in the asphodel family Asphodelaceae that was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus was formerly included in the lily family (Liliaceae). The genus is native to temperate Europe (mostly the south of Europe), the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent, and some species have been introduced to, and are now naturalized in, other places such as New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

Onion-Leafed Asphodel

speciesAsphodelus fistulosus

Annual Asphodel

speciesAsphodelus tenuifolius

Asphodelus ayardii

speciesAsphodelus ayardii

Asphodelus mariolousae

speciesAsphodelus mariolousae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1536751.