Tubular affodilla

Tubular affodilla
	Tubular affodil ( Asphodelus fistulosus )
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Affodill ( Asphodelus )
Type :	Tubular affodilla
Scientific name
	Asphodelus fistulosus
	L.

The tubular Affodill ( Asphodelus fistulosus ) is a species of the genus Affodill ( Asphodelus ) in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae).

features

The Röhrige Affodill is an annual or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 15 to 90 (150) centimeters. Its numerous roots are slender and not thickened. The leaves are united in a basal rosette, semi-stemmed, hollow, blue-green, glabrous and have a membranous edge at the base. They measure 5 to 35 × 0.1 to 0.5 centimeters.

The stem is leafless, hollow and has a branched or unbranched, rarely simple, racemose inflorescence . The bracts of the flowers are dry-skinned. The flower stalks are divided in the middle and stand steeply upright during the fruiting period. The six ovate-elliptical and flat tepals measure 7.5 to 13.5 × 3 to 6 millimeters and are white or pale pink with a pink, green or brown central nerve.

The flowering period extends from March to May.

The obovate to almost spherical capsule fruits measure 4 to 6 × 3.5 to 6 millimeters.

Occurrence

The Röhrige Affodill occurs in the Mediterranean area , in Sinai, on the Canary Islands and in Western Arabia on rocky corridors, fallow fields and ruderal sites at altitudes of up to 800 meters. It was naturalized in all areas with a Mediterranean climate.

Systematics

One can distinguish between two subspecies:

Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. fistulosus : It occurs in Macaronesia, from the Mediterranean area to the Arabian Peninsula and on Mauritius.
Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. madeirensis Simon : It occurs in Madeira.

use

The tubular affodill is rarely used as an ornamental plant in borders and rock gardens.

literature

Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl-Peter Buttler , Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Plants of the Mediterranean (The Colored Nature Guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1986.
Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Asphodelus - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on July 26, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Röhriger Affodill - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Data sheet with photo and distribution in France (French)
Asphodelus fistulosus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Contu, S., 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Asphodelus - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on July 26, 2018.