Asparagaceae

Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Anemarrhena

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Anemarrhena asphodeloides: The flowers don't open. Is that normal? — Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Chinese: 知母, 兔子油草, 穿地龙
Croatian: Anemarrhena
Japanese: ハナスゲ, チモ, 知母
Korean: 지모
lzh: 知母
Persian: آنمارهنا اسفدلیدس
Polish: Anemarena asfodelowata
Serbian: Anemarrhenaceae

Synonyms

Terauchia anemarrhenifolia Nakai

Photos

Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: NMNH - Botany Dept., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.