Anthericum liliago
Grape-like grass lily ( Anthericum liliago )
The grape-like grass lily ( Anthericum liliago ) or Astlose grass lily or Large grass lily is a perennial plant of the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ).
Description
The grape-like grass lily is a perennial, herbaceous plant, which reaches stature heights of 20 to 80 cm. The " rhizome " is short, with slightly fleshy roots. The stem is erect or ascending. The arranged in a basal rosette leaves are grassy, flat or slightly rinnig, taper to a point, are the basic thin-skinned and scheidig comprehensively.
Six to ten flowers are usually in a simple racemose, rarely Rispige arranged inflorescence. The bracts are membranous, narrow and much shorter. The flower stems are broken. The hermaphrodite, star-shaped blooms are triple. The six equal-sized bracts are white, three annoying, dull and much longer than the six stamens. The pens are curved and shorter than the bracts. The capsule fruit is 8 to 10 mm long.
The flowering period extends from May to July.
The similar Rispige Grass Lily ( Anthericum ramosum ) has smaller flowers, which are arranged in a pyramidal paniculate inflorescence.
Occurrence
The grape-like grass lily is found in South and Central Europe, Southern Sweden, Asia Minor and North Africa. Here is the kind found on rocky slopes, in open woods and on dry grassland at altitudes up to 1800 meters.
Use
The grape-like lily grass is rarely used as an ornamental stone, natural and Heidgärten. It is in culture at least since 1596. The cultivar 'Major' is bigger.
Trivial names
Also the names Alpenlilie (Bernese Oberland), mountain lily ( Lucerne, Berne ), Erdspinnenkraut, Grassgilgeln, Grass Gilgen, sand lily and white Wiederthon For the grape-like grass lily or were only partly regional, common.