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This medium to tall perennial grows to over 1 m (ours was 1m50 tall). The roots bear spindle-shaped tubers and are edible, and were formerly used as a glue. The plant is unpalatable to grazing animals. Sometimes grows in large colonies together with A. lutea (below).
Flowers.
Jan-June.
Size.
50-150 cm (med-tall)
Flower Blossom.
40 mm. White, 20-40 mm, borne on a much-branched inflorescence. The tepals have a pinkish-brown vein in the middle, usually about 15 mm long. Bracts are whitish.
Leaves.
Grey-green basal leaves, 30-45 cm long, flat and narrow, very pointed, slightly vee-shaped, 12-30 mm wide.
Habitat.
Garrigue, ollive groves, open pine forests, rocky slopes, seashore (our found on the Ile de Porquerolles), waste ground and roadsides.
Pod.
6-8 mm diameter.
Similar Flowers
| Asphodelus ramosus |
Asphodelus ramosus
Similar, but the side branches of the inflorescence are short and stubby. Same habitats, but much less frequent. |
| Asphodelus lutea |
Yellow Asphodel
Similar, but yellow flowers, 30-40 mm; tepals 18-20 mm have green central vein; 3 long and 3 short tepals. Mar-May. |
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