Asphodelus-fistulosus_4

Description:

Asphodelus fistulosus L., syn.: Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav., Asphodeloides ramosa Moench., Verinea fistulosa (L.) PomelFamily: XanthorrhoeaceaeEN: Onion weed, Onionweed, Hollow-leaved Asphodel, DE: Rhriger Junkerlilie, Rhrige AffodillSlo.: no name, CH: cevasti epljez Dat.: April 18. 2022Lat.: 44.58003 Long.: 14.41481Code: Bot_1450/2022_DSC6859Habitat: ruderal road side; stony, calcareous ground; open, dry, sunny place; locally almost flat terrain; elevation 80 m (260 feet); average precipitations ~ 900 mm/year, average temperature 13-15 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Adriatic Sea; Island Loinj, Kvarner archipelago, about 1 km south of the village unski next to the main road from Osor to Mali Loinj, Rijeka region, Croatia EC.Comment (pertains to Flickr album Asphodelus fistulosus): Asphodelus fistulosus is native to south Europe or Mediterranean region, however, today it is spread almost on the whole planet including north and south America, Australia, etc. In the USA it is listed as a priority noxious and invasive plant. Slovenia flora doesn't know it. The most northern stands in the Adriatic Sea region are in Istria and Loinj island in the Kvarner bay, where it is quite a rare plant. More south in the Dalmatia region of Croatia it becomes much more frequent species.Asphodelus fistulosus prefers disturbed and barren places. The species can be easily recognized by its thin tubular leaves and characteristic habit. It frequently grows in large colonies. Since it can be almost 1 m tall, there is really no problem to recognize this beautiful Mediterranean plant.Ref.:(1) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske (Flora of Croatia) (in Croatian), kolska Knjiga, Zagreb (1994), p 392.(2) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora fr Istrien, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Krten. Gratz (2014), p 202.(3) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 469.