WorldFloraDB - Asphodelus aestivus

Characteristics

A clump forming herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 100 cm high. It spreads 60 cm wide. It has several fleshy roots. The leaves near the base are long and flat. They are strap like. They are grey-green and 12-30 mm wide. The flowering stems have short, side branches. The flowers are 20-30 mm wide. The flowers are star shaped and white. There is a central brown stripe on each petals. The fruit is a capsule 6-8 mm across.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.3 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

1.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows on rocky places and waste ground. It can grow in dry salty soil. It can grow in arid places. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.

More

Rocky places, hills, dry places and on poor uncultivated ground. Dry grassland and rocky or sandy ground.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The spindle shaped tubers are eaten. The stems and roots produce sugar.

Uses	animal food dye food fuel material medicinal
Edible	flowers leaves roots seeds stems tubers
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or by division.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-