Common asphodel / عيصلان / / عنصل

بروق متفرع / زنبوط العيصلان / غصليون / خوصلان / العوصل / عوصلان / بصل الفرك / قضيب الري / عمود الري / بصل الفار / فرسان الخيل / بصل السراس / Small-fruited asphodel

Asphodelus ramosus L.

General View, January. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to April
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Asphodelus L.
Family
Asphodelaceae
Wikidata item
Q256956
GBIF Item
Asphodelus ramosus L. (2778478)

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  3. Asphodelus ramosus L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)

Citation

Asphodelus ramosus L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/731 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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