Taxonomy: Fam. Xanthorrhoeaceae// Genus: Asphodelus// Species:Asphodelus albus Mill.// The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlanBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte – according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Spain and France to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Habitat: Grasslands, edges and clearings of oak and European beech forests.
Flowering period: Spring – early summer: MAY, JUL.
Asphodelus albus – habit. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – habit. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – habit. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – habit. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flowers. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – flower buds. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – capsules. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – capsules. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – leaves. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – scape and leaves. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – scape and leaves. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – scape and leaves. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – scape. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Asphodelus albus– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ratkova Skala – village of “Ratkovica”, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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