Common name:
Bog asphodel
Family:
Scientific name:
Narthecium ossifragum
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly in Scotland, Wales, and north/southwest England
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Boggy places on moors and heaths
Flowers:
Up to 15 mm in diameter; six narrow yellow petals and six stamens, almost the same length. Stamens are formed of a yellow filament sheathed in yellow hairs, and an orange-red anther. Flowers are produced as an elongated cluster and attached by stalks of up to 2 cm, bearing a few narrow bracts
Leaves:
Basal leaves are hairless, narrow, linear, slightly curved, up to 20 cm long, angled upwards. There are also a few short stem leaves
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
