Asphodelaceae FAMILY

Asphodeline lutea

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Asphodeline lutea is a herbaceous perennial plant producing clusters of grass-like leaves up to 30cm tall from a tuberous rootstock. One or more flowering stems up to 150cm tall arise in the spring[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is an excellent ornamental and also an excellent food. The root especially was highly valued by the ancient Greeks, whilst we especially like the flowers. The stems with mature fruits are valued for dried flower arrangements[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMediterranean in Algeria and Tunisia, Italy to Greece, Turkey and the Levant, east to the Caucasus

HabitatDry grassland[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ], rocky and stony places[ 45 Title Flowers of Greece and the Balkans. Publication Author Polunin. O. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1980 ISBN 0-19-217626-9 Description A good pocket flora, it also lists quite a few plant uses. ], usually on limestone[ 187 Title Perennials. Volumes 1 and 2. Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1991 ISBN 0-330-30936-9 Description Photographs of over 3,000 species and cultivars of ornamental plants together with brief cultivation notes, details of habitat etc. ].