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Narthecium californicum
Narthecium californicum

bog-asphodel, California bog-asphodel
Stems

3.5–6 dm.
Leaf

blade 1–3 dm × 3–5 mm.
Racemes

open, 8–15 cm.
Capsules

8–12 mm including beaks.
Seeds

1.5–2 mm, 6–8 mm including bristle-tails.
Tepals

7–10 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

stamens 3–4 mm;

anthers brick red;

pedicel 8–15 mm.
2n

= 26.

Narthecium californicum
Phenology Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat Springs, seeps, and bogs in mountain meadows
Elevation 700–2800 m (2300–9200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Narthecium californicum can be locally common in the northern Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada of California, as well as in southwestern Oregon.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 67.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Narthecium
Sibling taxa
N. americanum
Synonyms Abama californica, Abama occidentalis, N. ossifragum var. occidentale
Name authority Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 351. (1876)
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