Narthecium ossifragum (L.) Huds., 1762 37% complete

Bog-asphodel

Fl. Angl.: 128 (1762)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Narthecium ossifragum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced12 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Huds. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Fl. Angl.: 128 (1762) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1762 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Bog-asphodel No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations SE. Sweden to N. Portugal No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 22 cm
  • 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 500, 898
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 500
Sourced
Flower color yellow Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 35 cm
  • 35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 500, 898
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 460, 818
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air
  • 8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4
  • pH 4 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 1 / 9 · extremely poor (hyperoligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 20 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record