Asphodelus aestivus
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Asphodeline sp.

      

      White spikes Asphodelus are everywhere, this plant is typical of overbrowsed med landscape. Young spikes can be eaten as asparagus, but you can't call it a delight. Tubers are Dahlia-like and edible when boiled, but being very fibrous they were only used during starvation periods. I also find an Asphodeline sp.in the Karpaz scrubs. Asphodeline have long leafy stems finished with a spike of yellow stary flowers. Two sp. are mentionned : A. lutea which is quite common in the eastern side of Med. area, from Liguria to Central Asia; and A. brevicaulis ; Both sp. are said to be quite localised in N. Cyprus.

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