Asphodelus fistulosus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Asphodelus

Herbs, annual or perennial [or biennial], scapose , from swollen rhizomes. Leaves numerous , basal; blade linear , cylindrical [or flat], base membranous, sheathing , margins entire. Scape hollow [or solid]. Inflorescences racemose or paniculate , many-flowered, bracteate ; bracts persistent , narrowly lanceolate, scarious . Flowers: tepals 6, erect to spreading , distinct or barely connate basally, equal, each with single prominent vein ; stamens 6, distinct, subequal [or equal], shorter than tepals; filaments expanded at base; anthers dorsifixed ; ovary 3-locular, ovules 1 or 2 per locule; septal nectaries present; style 1; stigma weakly 3-lobed; pedicel articulate . Fruits capsular , globose , hard, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 3 or 6, black, angled [or winged ]. x = 13, 14.

Species 12: introduced ; sw Europe, n Africa, sw Asia (India) ; widely introduced elsewhere.

Sometimes placed in the segregate family Asphodelaceae, Asphodelus occurs mainly throughout the Mediterranean region, the Middle and Near East, and central Asia. Asphodelus ramosus Linnaeus has been collected once in the flora from ballast in New Jersey in 1879.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Roadsides, fields , waste places; 0--1400 m.

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,212 meters (0 to 13,819 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 9.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Species Plantarum 1753 (1 May 1753)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Asphodelus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. aestivus (Gamon) · A. albus (Asphodel) · A. capensis (Bracketplant) · A. fistulosus (Asphodel) · A. ramosus (Kings Spear)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 28, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
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• GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
• GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
• GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
• GBIF-Spain, Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
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• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
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• SysTax, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
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• SysTax, SysTax
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• , Lund Botanical Museum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2662455
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-275522
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14390555
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531496-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 5573
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 42788
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 531496-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMLIL09010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ASTE23
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13826

Footnotes

1. Gerald B. Straley  & Frederick H. Utech "Asphodelus". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 57, 218. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 745.830 meters (2,446.949 feet), Standard Deviation = 629.510 based on 386 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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