Asphodeline lutea, King's Spear, Yellow asphodel, Jacob's rod,
Hebrew: עיריוני צהוב, Arabic: عطعاط , عيصلان البرتفالي , ابو صوي

Scientific name:		Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb.
Common name:		King's Spear, Yellow asphodel, Jacob's rod,
Hebrew name:		עיריוני צהוב
Arabic name:		عطعاط , عيصلان البرتفالي , ابو صوي
Family:		Liliaceae, שושניים

Life form:		Hemicryptophyte
Stems:		to 100cm high
Leaves:		Rosette, alternate, entire, smooth
Flowers:		Yellow, orange petals; hermaphrodite only
Fruits / pods:		Homogeneous seeds-fruits
Flowering Period:		February, March, April, May
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Asphodeline, Latin asphodelus, referring to Greek ἀσϕοδελίνη asphodelos, of unknown origin. Asphodeline lutea was sacred to Persephone and associated with the fields of the dead. lutea, golden, saffron, orange-yellow. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Rchb. is used to indicate Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793 – 1879), a German botanist and ornithologist.