Yellow affodilla

Yellow affodilla
	Yellow affodil ( Asphodeline lutea ), illustration
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Junker Lilies ( Asphodeline )
Type :	Yellow affodilla
Scientific name
	Asphodeline lutea
	( L. ) Rchb.

The yellow affodilla ( Asphodeline lutea ; synonym: Asphodelus luteus L. ), formerly also called goldroot , is a species of junker lily ( Asphodeline ) in the subfamily of the affodil family (Asphodeloideae).

Asphodeline lutea , habitus

features

Asphodeline lutea

The yellow affodill is a bald, perennial herbaceous plant . It forms a short rhizome and fleshy roots. The stem is strong and reaches heights of 40 to 120 centimeters, is leafy and covered by the leaf sheaths. The leaves are up to 35 centimeters long and 5 millimeters wide, linear, grass-like and triangular in cross-section. The unbranched, racemose inflorescence is dense and 10 to 40 centimeters long. With a length of 2 to 3.5 centimeters, the bracts are longer than the flower stalks articulated near the center. The six bracts are yellow with a green central nerve, 2 to 2.5 inches long and briefly fused together at the base. The diameter of the almost spherical capsule fruits is a little over 1 centimeter.

The flowering period extends from March to June.

Occurrence

The yellow affodilla occurs in the central and eastern Mediterranean area on grassy rock corridors, in garrigues and in maquis. The distribution area includes Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, the Aegean Sea, Cyprus, the Crimea, Algeria, Tunisia and the Middle East.

supporting documents

Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl-Peter Buttler , Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau : Plants of the Mediterranean. (= The colored nature guides ). Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1986, DNB 871209969 .

Individual evidence

↑ Volker Zimmermann: The Heidelberg Pharmacopoeia Ysack Leuj. Contributions of Jewish Doctors to Medieval Medicine. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-515-12174-3 , p. 62.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on October 12, 2014

Web links

Commons : Gelber Affodill ( Asphodeline lutea ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Volker Zimmermann: The Heidelberg Pharmacopoeia Ysack Leuj. Contributions of Jewish Doctors to Medieval Medicine. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-515-12174-3 , p. 62.

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on October 12, 2014