''Prospero obtusifolium'' is an autumnal flowering plant of the family

Asparagaceae Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both ...

, subfamily

Scilloideae Scilloideae (named after the genus ''Scilla'', "squill") is a subfamily of bulbous plants within the family ''Asparagaceae''. Scilloideae is sometimes treated as a separate family Hyacinthaceae, named after the genus ''Hyacinth (plant), Hyacinthus ...

native to southern Europe and North Africa.

References

Scilloideae Flora of Europe Plants described in 1789 Flora of Morocco Flora of Algeria Flora of Libya Flora of Tunisia {{Asparagaceae-stub