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Annual, perennial herb, shrub [ tree], fleshy or not, rhizomed.
Stem: branched or not.
Leaf: basal or ± so or in terminal clusters, alternate, linear to widely lanceolate [ ovate], small (1.5–27 cm, 0.5–3 mm wide) [to large (1.9–4 m, 3–6 cm wide)], leathery or not, fleshy or not, entire or with minute sharp teeth or coarse prickles.
Inflorescence: panicle [ spike, raceme], bracts scattered.
Flower: perianth parts 6, in 2 petal-like whorls, radial or ± bilateral, free or ± fused; stamens 6, equal or not, anthers attached at base or middle; ovary superior, chambers 3.
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal.
Seed: 6–many, flat, angled, or winged, gray, brown, ± black, black-brown.
± 17 genera, 800 species: Africa, Medit to c Asia. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

Key to Asphodelaceae

Perennial, rhizome short, stout, erect; roots long, cord-like.
Stem: scapose, erect, glaucous.
Leaf: basal, linear, grass-like, 30–100 cm, 1–2 cm wide ± folded, entire or with minute sharp teeth, glaucous.
Inflorescence: spike-like raceme, cylindric, flowers reflexed.
Flower: perianth parts petal-like, tube 25–45 mm, lobes 2–5 mm, rounded to acute; stamens (4 or)6, included to ± exserted, outer 3 shorter, anthers attached at middle; style 1, exserted, stigma small.
Seed: many.
60 species: tropical and southern Africa. (J.H. Kniphof, German botanist, professor, 1704–1763)
Unabridged etymology: (Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1704–1763, German botanist, professor of medicine, and author of a work of botanical illustrations)

Stem: 0.5–1.3 m.
Leaf: 60–100 cm, long-pointed.
Inflorescence: 15–25 cm; bracts lanceolate, acute, membranous.
Flower: perianth 25–50 mm, red, lower (on plant) yellow in age, lobes rounded; stamens exserted; style exserted.
2n=12. Marsh, creek margins, chaparral, canyons, disturbed places, often sandy; < 100 m. North Coast, Central Coast, expected elsewhere;

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Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Bioregions in which taxon occurs	Red area (if present) is the part of the bioregion lying between the upper and lower elevation limits of the taxon; markers link to CCH specimen records. If the markers are obscured, reload the page [or change window size and reload]. Yellow markers indicate records that may provide evidence for eFlora range revision or may have georeferencing or identification issues.
Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.