# Asphodeline

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| taxon = Asphodeline
| image = Asphodeline lutea pm1.jpg
| image_caption = ''Asphodeline lutea''
| authority = [Rchb.](/source/Ludwig_Reichenbach)<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](/source/type_(biology)), described therein from a [lectotype](/source/lectotype), is ''A. lutea''.<br>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020907 |title=Name - ''Asphodeline'' Rchb. |work=Tropicos |publisher=[Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden) |location=[Saint Louis, Missouri](/source/Saint_Louis%2C_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](/source/Heroion)'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''[Dorydium](/source/Dorydium)'' <small>Salisb.</small>
}}

'''''Asphodeline''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of perennial plants in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asphodelaceae](/source/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](/source/Mediterranean) region and the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) from [Italy](/source/Italy) and [Algeria](/source/Algeria) east to [Iran](/source/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](/source/flowers) that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4&nbsp;ft in well-drained soil. Its foliage is [blue-green](/source/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](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Asphodeline |accessdate=2014-07-06 }}</ref>
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# ''[Asphodeline anatolica](/source/Asphodeline_anatolica)'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey
# ''[Asphodeline baytopiae](/source/Asphodeline_baytopiae)'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey, Syria
# ''[Asphodeline brevicaulis](/source/Asphodeline_brevicaulis)'' <small>(Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker</small> - from Greece to Iran
# ''[Asphodeline cilicica](/source/Asphodeline_cilicica)'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey
# ''[Asphodeline damascena](/source/Asphodeline_damascena)'' <small>(Boiss.) Baker</small> - Turkey, Syria
# ''[Asphodeline globifera](/source/Asphodeline_globifera)'' <small>J.Gay ex Baker</small> - Turkey, Syria
# ''[Asphodeline liburnica](/source/Asphodeline_liburnica)'' <small>(Scop.) Rchb.</small> - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean
# ''[Asphodeline lutea](/source/Asphodeline_lutea)'' <small>(L.) Rchb.</small> - southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Caucasus and the Levant.
# ''[Asphodeline peshmeniana](/source/Asphodeline_peshmeniana)'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey 
# ''[Asphodeline prismatocarpa](/source/Asphodeline_prismatocarpa)'' <small>J.Gay ex Boiss.</small> - Turkey 
# ''[Asphodeline prolifera](/source/Asphodeline_prolifera)'' <small>(M.Bieb.) Kunth</small> - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
# ''[Asphodeline recurva](/source/Asphodeline_recurva)'' <small>Post</small> - Turkey, Syria, Jordan
# ''[Asphodeline rigidifolia](/source/Asphodeline_rigidifolia)'' <small>(Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker</small> - Turkey
# ''[Asphodeline sertachiae](/source/Asphodeline_sertachiae)'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey
# ''[Asphodeline taurica](/source/Asphodeline_taurica)'' <small>(Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl.</small> - from Albania to Caucasus
# ''[Asphodeline tenuior](/source/Asphodeline_tenuior)'' <small>(Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb.</small> - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
# ''[Asphodeline turcica](/source/Asphodeline_turcica)'' <small>Tuzlaci</small> - Turkey
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