false asphodel

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Noun1.false asphodel - a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowersfalse asphodel - a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
genus Tofieldia, Tofieldia - genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Scotch asphodel, Tofieldia pusilla - false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
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