Narthecium californicum
Narthecium americanum
bog-asphodel, California bog-asphodel
yellow asphodel
3.5–6 dm.
2.5–4.5 dm.
blade 1–3 dm × 3–5 mm.
blade 1–2 dm × 0.7–2.5 mm.
open, 8–15 cm.
compact, 3–6 cm.
8–12 mm including beaks.
10–14 mm including beaks.
1.5–2 mm, 6–8 mm including bristle-tails.
1–1.5 mm, 7–8 mm including bristle-tails.
7–10 × 1.5–2.5 mm;
stamens 3–4 mm;
anthers brick red;
pedicel 8–15 mm.
4–7 × 0.5–1.5 mm;
stamens 2–3.5 mm;
anthers yellow;
pedicel 4–5 mm.
= 26.
Narthecium californicum
Narthecium americanum
Narthecium californicum can be locally common in the northern Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada of California, as well as in southwestern Oregon.
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Of conservation concern.
Narthecium americanum is listed as rare or endangered in North Carolina (J. L. Amoroso 1997), South Carolina (D. A. Rayner et al. 1979), and New Jersey (D. B. Snyder and V. E. Vivian 1981), and it has been extirpated from Delaware (A. O. Tucker et al. 1979).
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