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Asphodelus tenuifolius
Cav.
Family
:
Liliaceae
(Lily Family)
Family (Hindi name)
: BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III)
:
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Synonym(s)
: Verinea tenuifolia (Cav.) Pomel
Species Name
(as per The IPNI)
:
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.
Common name
: Onion Weed,White Asphodel
Habit
: Herb
Habitat
: A common winter weed of cultivation in moist localities. Also found in moist, watse and unused ground
Comments / notes
: The plant and seeds are sometimes eaten in India by famine-stricken
Key identification features
: Stemless herb. Flowers whitish, in lax racemes, loculicidal. Seeds black, rugose
Flower, Fruit
: January-June
Distribution
:
Delhi
: Vasant Kunj
Native
: Macaronesia to Indian Subcontinent
Exotic/Native
: Native
World Distribution
: Northern Africa, Arabian peninsula, Indian, Pakistan, Western Himalayas,Southern Europe, introduced in Australia
Conservation Status
:
Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature
: Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 337-338; Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.2: 333
Citation
: Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets.
http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Asphodelus tenuifolius
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