Do Yellow & White Asphodels hybridize with each other?

Menifee, CA(Zone 9a)

Will Asphodel Asphodeline liburnica OR Asphodeline lutea hybridize with Asphodelus fistulosus (AKA: Onionweed, Onion-leafed Asphodel)?

I have plenty of the latter, and was recently given what appears to be either liburnica or lutea (I think the former, but may be too early to tell). The person I got it from doesn't know what it is.

I want to grow more of the yellow flowered Asphodel --if that's what this is-- from seed, but not sure if the flowers will be true to the parent, or might hybridize & be white, instead. Want to know before giving away any seeds, too, because no one needs more white flowering Asphodels if what they already have are Onionweeds (with white flowers)! They are pretty, though, and seem to provide the honey bees with lots of nectar!

Thanks!

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Additional:

I've done some more reading & found a site that says the Asphodel flowers have both male & female properties, so that would certainly increase the chances of keeping the strains pure. But, it still doesn't answer the question whether or not they can still hybridize. I know from the fervent bee activity in my yard that they have plenty of willing pollen spreaders!

This message was edited Mar 15, 2014 3:06 PM

This message was edited Mar 15, 2014 3:06 PM

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