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Bog Asphodel

Narthecium ossifragum

7,024Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb46
Mar66
Apr75
May307
Jun1,486
Jul2,200
Aug1,243
Sep864
Oct245
Nov37
Dec6

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,091
2Argyll and Bute Scotland613
3Cumbria England495
4Perth and Kinross Scotland247
5Pembrokeshire Wales190
6North Yorkshire England184
7Ceredigion Wales166
8Gwynedd Wales161
9Worcestershire England160
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland146
11Powys Wales144
12Stirling Scotland143
13Devon England111
14North Ayrshire Scotland103
15Aberdeenshire Scotland74
1,624 England3,430 Scotland780 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,024
Peak month
July
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Narthecium ossifragum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
21,407
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Nartheciaceae
Genus
Narthecium
Name with authority
Narthecium ossifragum (L.) Huds.
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159294 · GBIF 5602614