Asphodeline tenuior

Thin asphodeline
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Asphodeline
Species:	A. tenuior
Binomial name
*Asphodeline tenuior* (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb.
Synonyms
Asphodelus tenuior Fisch. ex M.Bieb. Asphodelus tauricus G.Lodd. 1826 not Pall. ex Bieb. 1776 Heroion filiformis Raf. Asphodelus tenuiflorus K.Koch Asphodeline tenuiflora (K.Koch) Miscz. Asphodelus szovitsii K.Koch Asphodelus persicus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Boiss. 1882 not Jaub. & Spach 1844 Asphodeline szovitsii (K.Koch) Miscz.

Asphodeline tenuior, the thin asphodeline, is a species of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae. It is native to the Caucasus (southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), as well as from eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. Within Russia, it is known from eastern Krasnodar Krai, Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai and western Kabardino-Balkaria. It can be found on stony slopes and scree on limestone and sandstone, from elevations of 500–1,000 m. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation, due to lime pits, slope terracing and cattle pasturing.

Tenual and tenucarb are two natural products, built around a 3-benzoxepin core, which have been isolated from A. tenuior and A. taurica.