Nederlands:
Español: Junquillo - Chunza - Chunqueta - Juncia - Clavel seco
Français: Aphyllanthe de Montpellier - Oeillet bleu de Montpellier
Deutsch: Binsenlilie - Blaue Binse
Family: Asparagaceae - Asparagus family
Flowering time: April-July
Height: 10-40cm
Altitude: 400-1700m
Colour: blue, rarely white
Flower: 25-30mm, in a head of 2-3, tepals with a dark mid-vein
Leaves: membranous sheaths
Habitat: dry grassy places, rocky terrain, garrigue
Distribution: Iberian Peninsula eastwards to northwestern Italy, including the Balearic Islands

![Illustration of Aphyllanthes monspeliensis from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 28: t. 1132 (1808) [S.T. Edwards]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcyYC0dxuwoCEg021BnA7_b4A6ww5DFpv2K5nWeWF3ej0SdiUT2vU85aYlUClIhuyUdQ34uDk5gqhb-yCA7HWLHX-9Lmp-ZtRLM4GDS_Ls3b-EoOF-zbW7XFImLYI39bLI00u7m5f_Uw/s200/Aphyllanthes+monspeliensis+8162.jpg)
Notes: Rush-like bluish-green plant with reddish-brown leaves.
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