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Asphodelines
Asphodeline
Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.
Asphodeline has fleshy roots and fragrant, starry flowers that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4 ft in well-drained soil. Its foliage is blue-green and grassy, with tall, narrow flower spikes. It takes at least three years before newly planted seedlings flower. The yellow flowers always make an interesting addition to the late-spring garden. The individual flowers on the spikes open in a seemingly random order, and do not last long, being replaced quickly by other flowers.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
King's-spear
speciesAsphodeline lutea
White King's-Spear
speciesAsphodeline taurica
Jacob's Rod
speciesAsphodeline liburnica
Asphodeline brevicaulis
speciesAsphodeline brevicaulis
Thin Asphodeline
speciesAsphodeline tenuior
Asphodeline damascena
speciesAsphodeline damascena
Asphodeline globifera
speciesAsphodeline globifera
Asphodeline prolifera
speciesAsphodeline prolifera
Asphodeline prismatocarpa
speciesAsphodeline prismatocarpa
Asphodeline cilicica
speciesAsphodeline cilicica
Asphodeline anatolica
speciesAsphodeline anatolica
Asphodeline peshmeniana
speciesAsphodeline peshmeniana
Asphodeline baytopiae
speciesAsphodeline baytopiae
Asphodeline recurva
speciesAsphodeline recurva
Asphodeline sertachiae
speciesAsphodeline sertachiae
Asphodeline rigidifolia
speciesAsphodeline rigidifolia
Asphodeline turcica
speciesAsphodeline turcica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 194634.