{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Asphodeline | image = Asphodeline lutea pm1.jpg | image_caption = ''Asphodeline lutea'' | authority = Rchb.<ref name=trop>The genus ''Asphodeline'' was coined by the botanist Ludwig Reichenbach, and originally published in ''Flora Germanica Excursoria'' 116. 1830. The type species, described therein from a lectotype, is ''A. lutea''.<br>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020907 |title=Name - ''Asphodeline'' Rchb. |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=August 6, 2010}}</ref> | type_species = ''Asphodeline lutea'' <ref name=trop/> | type_species_authority = (L.) Rchb. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP_Asphodeline"/> | synonyms = *''Heroion'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Dorydium'' <small>Salisb.</small> }}
'''''Asphodeline''''' is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830.<ref>Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "[http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Asphodelaceae Asparagales: Asphodeloideae]", ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website'', retrieved 2014-02-25</ref> It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.<ref name="WCSP_Asphodeline"/><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Asphodeline Altervista Flora Italiana, genere ''Asphodeline'']</ref><ref>Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.</ref><ref>Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.</ref><ref>Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.</ref><ref>Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref><ref>Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.</ref><ref>Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.</ref><ref>Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.</ref>
''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<ref name="WCSP_Asphodeline">{{Cite web |title=Search for ''Asphodeline''|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Asphodeline |accessdate=2014-07-06 }}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} # ''Asphodeline anatolica'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey # ''Asphodeline baytopiae'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey, Syria # ''Asphodeline brevicaulis'' <small>(Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker</small> - from Greece to Iran # ''Asphodeline cilicica'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey # ''Asphodeline damascena'' <small>(Boiss.) Baker</small> - Turkey, Syria # ''Asphodeline globifera'' <small>J.Gay ex Baker</small> - Turkey, Syria # ''Asphodeline liburnica'' <small>(Scop.) Rchb.</small> - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean # ''Asphodeline lutea'' <small>(L.) Rchb.</small> - southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Caucasus and the Levant. # ''Asphodeline peshmeniana'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey # ''Asphodeline prismatocarpa'' <small>J.Gay ex Boiss.</small> - Turkey # ''Asphodeline prolifera'' <small>(M.Bieb.) Kunth</small> - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey # ''Asphodeline recurva'' <small>Post</small> - Turkey, Syria, Jordan # ''Asphodeline rigidifolia'' <small>(Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker</small> - Turkey # ''Asphodeline sertachiae'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey # ''Asphodeline taurica'' <small>(Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl.</small> - from Albania to Caucasus # ''Asphodeline tenuior'' <small>(Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb.</small> - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey # ''Asphodeline turcica'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey {{div col end}}
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