Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 773

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-COMMON_NAMES- Yellow Asphodel, Kingspear
-GENUS- Asphodelus
-SPECIES- Asphodelus luteus
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS- Asphodeline
-MODERN_SPECIES- Asphodeline lutea
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- hardy perennial
-COLOR- yellow with a green stripe
-SEASON- May to July
-NATIVE_REGION- Sicily

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 20
-PUB_DATE- 1804
-REISSUED-  
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum