Asphodelaceae
Onionweed
Asphodelus fistulosus
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Asphodelus
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- بروق أجوف
- arz
- بروق اجوف
- Asturian
- Gamonín
- Bangla
- অ্যাসফোডেলাস ফিস্টুলোসাস
- Czech
- Asfodel dutolistý
- English
- Onionweed, Wild onion, Hollow-stemmed asphodel, Onion-leafed asphodel, Pink asphodel
- Finnish
- Pillisoihtu
- French
- Asphodèle fistuleux
- German
- Röhriger Affodill
- Greek
- Ασφόδελος ο κοίλος
- Hebrew
- עירית נבובה
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Laukasfodill
- Spanish
- Gamoncillo, Asfodelo con hojas de cebolla, Cebolla de culebra, Cebollana borde, Cebollera morisca, Cebolletilla marranera, Gamboncillo, Gamincillo
- Swedish
- Pipafodill
- Turkish
- Hıdırellezkamçısı, Hıdrellez kamçısı
Synonyms
- Asphodeloides ramosa Moench
- Asphodelus fistulosus var. fistulosus
- Ophioprason fistulosum (L.) Salisb.
- Verinea fistulosa (L.) Pomel
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.