Narthecium ossifragum

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Narthecium ossifragum

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Narthecium
Species: N. ossifragum
Binomial name
Narthecium ossifragum
(L.) Huds.

Narthecium ossifragum (bog asphodel) is a plant of Western Europe, found on wet, boggy moorlands up to about 1000 m. The plant causes elf fire among sheep. [1][2]

N. ossifragum in fruit
N. ossifragum in fruit
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[edit] References

  1. ^ George B. B. Mitchell, 'Non-parasitic skin diseases of sheep' In Pract., Vol. 10, Issue 2, 69-73, March 1, 1988
  2. ^ Arne Flåøyen, 'Studies on the aetiology and pathology of alveld'


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