Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.

Asphodeline has fleshy roots and fragrant, starry flowers that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4ft 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.

1. Species

2. Asphodeline anatolica Tuzlaci - Turkey

3. Asphodeline baytopiae Tuzlaci - Turkey, Syria

4. Asphodeline brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker - from Greece to Iran

5. Asphodeline cilicica Tuzlaci - Turkey

6. Asphodeline damascena (Boiss.) Baker - Turkey, Syria

7. Asphodeline globifera J.Gay ex Baker - Turkey, Syria

8. Asphodeline liburnica (Scop.) Rchb. - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean

9. Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. - southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Caucasus and the Levant.

10. Asphodeline peshmeniana Tuzlaci - Turkey

11. Asphodeline prismatocarpa J.Gay ex Boiss. - Turkey

12. Asphodeline prolifera (M.Bieb.) Kunth - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey

13. Asphodeline recurva Post - Turkey, Syria, Jordan

14. Asphodeline rigidifolia (Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker - Turkey

15. Asphodeline sertachiae Tuzlaci - Turkey

16. Asphodeline taurica (Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl. - from Albania to Caucasus

17. Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey

18. Asphodeline turcica Tuzlaci - Turkey

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