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''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.Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

''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

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