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Bog Asphodel Bog Asphodel
Narthecium ossifragum
Height up to 20cm

Tufted perennial of boggy heaths and moors. Locally common on suitable peaty soils but absent from much of C and E England. Narrow, iris-like leaves borne in a flattened fan. Spikes of flowers appear June­August; turns orange in fruit.

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