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Asphodelus L.

Asphodèle (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herbs with short rhizomes or fibrous roots or tubers. Leaves basal, linear, 3-angled or tubular. Scape simple or branched, bracteate; inflorescence a raceme or panicle. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, pedicellate; pedicels articulate. Perianth segments 6, equal, free or ±connate at base, spreading above, 1-nerved. Stamens 6; anthers dorsifixed, dehiscing by slits, introrse. Ovary superior, trilocular; ovules 2 per locule; placentation axile; style simple with trilobed stigma. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds triquetrous, black, matt.
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Perennial or annual herbs; rhizome short, or roots fibrous or tuberous. Leaves all basal, linear, 3-angled or tubular. Scape simple, or branched and bracteate; inflorescence a raceme or panicle. Flowers white or pink, pedicellate, bracteate; segments ± equal, free or ± connate at base, spreading above, 1-nerved. Capsule subglobose, leathery, loculicidal. Seeds triquetrous. Spp. c. 12, from the Mediterranean across S. Asia to India. Adventive sp. 1.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Images

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Distribution

Asphodelus world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Singapore, Somalia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Tunisia, United States of America, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:24018-1
WFO ID wfo-4000003300
COL ID 8VV9J
BDTFX ID 85207
INPN ID 189540
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Synonyms

Clausonia Asphodeloides Glyphosperma Verinea Asphodelus Gethosyne Ophioprason

Lower taxons

Asphodelus acaulis Asphodelus aestivus Asphodelus albus Asphodelus cerasiferus Asphodelus fistulosus Asphodelus lusitanicus Asphodelus refractus Asphodelus roseus Asphodelus serotinus Asphodelus bento-rainhae Asphodelus viscidulus Asphodelus cerasifer Asphodelus microcarpus Asphodelus gracilis Asphodelus bakeri Asphodelus ayardii Asphodelus tenuifolius Asphodelus macrocarpus Asphodelus ramosus
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