Asphodeline lutea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Asphodeline lutea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Asphodeline lutea, Reichb. (Asphodelus luteus, Linn.). True Asphodel of the ancients, or King's Spear. Height 2-4 ft.: roots thick, fleshy, stoloniferous: Lvs. 3- 12 in. long; margins rough: racemes 6-18 in. long, 3 in. wide: bracts large, membranaceous, persistent. Italy, Muritania and Algeria to Tauria and Arabia. B.M. 773. L.B.C. 12: 1102 as A. tauricus — The best species. A double-fld. var. flore-pleno has been advertised. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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