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Asphodelus aestivus

Synonyms: Asphodelus microcarpus var. aestivus

Wikipedia Abstract

Asphodelus aestivus, the summer asphodel, is a species of asphodel that can be found in southern Europe, from Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Israel. It grows in dry grasslands and on rocky or sandy ground. In the Levant, it blossoms after the winter rains, from December to March.
View Wikipedia Record: Asphodelus aestivus

Attributes

Dispersal Mode [2]  Autochory
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  The dried tuber is pulverized and mixed with cold water to make a strong glue; A yellow dye is obtained from the tuber;
Height [1]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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Predators

Podarcis lilfordi (Lilford's Wall Lizard)[4]

Providers

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[5]
Bombus terrestris (Large Earth Humble-bee)[5]
Ischnura elegans (Blue-tailed Damselfly)[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4POLLEN LOAD AND TRANSPORT BY THE INSULAR LIZARD, PODARCIS LILFORDI (SQUAMATA, LACERTIDAE) IN COASTAL ISLETS OF MENORCA (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN), VALENTíN PÉREZ-MELLADO, FELISA ORTEGA, SANDRA MARTíN -GARCíA , ANA PERERA, AND GLORIA CORTáZAR, ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. 193–200
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0