Asphodeline


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Noun1.Asphodeline - genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
Jacob's rod - asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
Asphodeline lutea, king's spear, yellow asphodel - asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
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(ISTE 109966) Yabani menekse Xanthorrhoeaceae Asphodeline lutea L.
Asphodeline species were collected at the end of flowering stage (May-July) and information regarding the collection sites of the plants and herbarium numbers were presented in Table 1.
The Mediterranean and Submediterranean elements, such as Asphodeline lutea, A.
There was a scattering of asphodeline as though they had germinated and grown up as the fire was extinguished.
There was a appointment scattering of asphodeline as | After the Fire by James Basson ?
Understory includes several astragalus species, as well as gopher plant (Euphorbia rigida), asphodel (Asphodeline taurica) and barberry (Berberis crataegina).
Neyland 1853 AF203683 Asphodelaceae Asphodeline lutea (L.) Reichenb.