Scientific Name: Asphodelus albus.
English Name: White Asphodel.
French Name: L'Asphodele blanc, Baton royal or Baton-blanc.
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Heaths, grassy places, thickets, banks, open woodland.
Flowering Period: April-May-June-July-August.
Status: Restricted to the south-west and far south-eastern corner in France. Locally abundant and a common plant of road and trackside ditches in the forests near Preuilly-sur-Claise and in the Brenne.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right and top to bottom. All photos can be enlarged in a new window by clicking on them. 1 flower spike on a ride in the Parc de Boussay, April.
English Name: White Asphodel.
French Name: L'Asphodele blanc, Baton royal or Baton-blanc.
5 Key Characters:- lots of long stiff leaves, V-shaped in section, 1 - 2 cm wide, coming from the base.
- robust flower stem up to 1 m.
- white flowers clustered together in a spike.
- favours damp limey soil.
- seed cases brown with ridges.
Habitat: Heaths, grassy places, thickets, banks, open woodland.
Flowering Period: April-May-June-July-August.
Status: Restricted to the south-west and far south-eastern corner in France. Locally abundant and a common plant of road and trackside ditches in the forests near Preuilly-sur-Claise and in the Brenne.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right and top to bottom. All photos can be enlarged in a new window by clicking on them. 1 flower spike on a ride in the Parc de Boussay, April.
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