Asphodelus fistulosus . It is a native plant of Finland . Very variable coastal species. It can be distinguished from common armuelle (A. patula) by the type of habitat it prefers and often also by the shape of the leaves.
Summary
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- 1 Taxonomy
- 1 Scientific name
- 1.1 Authors
- 1.2 Basonym combinations
- 2 Synonymy
- 1 Scientific name
- 2 Feature
- 3 Habitat
- 4 Ecological requirements
- 5 Biological type
- 6 Associated fungi
- 7 References
- 8 Sources
Taxonomy
Scientific name
- Asphodelus fistulosus L. [1]
Authors
- Linnaeus, Carl von
published in: Species Plantarum 1: 309–310. 1753 . [2]
Basonym combinations
- Asphodeloides ramosa (L.) Moench
- Ophioprason fistulosum (L.) Salisb.
- Verinea fistulosa (L.) Pomel [3]
Synonymy
- Anthericum unilineatum Poelln.
- Glyphosperma palmeri S. Watson
- Hagenbachia angusta Ravenna[4]
Characteristic
Short-lived annual or perennial plant with numerous slender roots. The 3 – 35 x 0.4 mm leaves are sub-cylindrical and hollow. The scape or flowery stems, 15 – 70 cm, also hollow, fistulous, are simple or branched and have scarious bracts. The actinomorphic flowers consist of 6 periantic segments of 5 – 12 mm, white with a pink central stripe, oblong in shape and obtuse apex. The androecium consists of 6 stamens with the widest filaments at the base, with dorsifix anthers, and the gynoecium of a super ovary. The fruit is a capsule of 5 – 7 x 4 – 5 mm. Flowers from March to June .
Habitat
It grows in dry pastures and bushes, in disturbed areas, such as gutters, walls, from sea level to 600 m of altitude.
Ecological requirements
- Light: It does not support the shadow .
- Temperature: Heat.
- Hill floor mainly.
- Continentality: Intermediate.
- Humidity: Very dry soils; dryness indicator.
- Acidity: weakly acid soils; pH 4.5 – 7.5.
- Nitrogen: Mainly rich soils; indicator of nutrient richness.
Biological type
Hemicryptophyte.
Associated fungi
Puccinia asphodeli is observed on the leaves
