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.

Species

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

References

Asphodeloideae

Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach