Genus of flowering plants
Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae , first described as a genus in 1830.[ 3] It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran .[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
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.
Species[ 2]
Asphodeline anatolica Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline baytopiae Tuzlaci - Turkey, Syria
Asphodeline brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker - from Greece to Iran
Asphodeline cilicica Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline damascena (Boiss.) Baker - Turkey, Syria
Asphodeline globifera J.Gay ex Baker - Turkey, Syria
Asphodeline liburnica (Scop.) Rchb. - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean
Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. - from Albania to Turkey
Asphodeline peshmeniana Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline prismatocarpa J.Gay ex Boiss. - Turkey
Asphodeline prolifera (M.Bieb.) Kunth - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
Asphodeline recurva Post - Turkey, Syria, Jordan
Asphodeline rigidifolia (Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker - Turkey
Asphodeline sertachiae Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline taurica (Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl. - from Albania to Caucasus
Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
Asphodeline turcica Tuzlaci - Turkey
^ a b The genus Asphodeline was coined by the botanist Ludwig Reichenbach, and originally published in Flora Germanica Excursoria 116. 1830. The type species , described therein from a lectotype , is A. lutea ."Name - Asphodeline Rchb" . Tropicos . Saint Louis, Missouri : Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved August 6, 2010 .
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