''Narthecium'' is a Eurasian and

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n genus of herbaceous flowering plants. This genus was traditionally treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, but the APG II system of 2003 placed it in the family

Nartheciaceae Nartheciaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG III system places it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG IV (2016) it includes 35 species of herbaceous plants in the following five genera: * ''Aletris ...

. The global distribution of the genus is widely disjunct, with species in Europe, Southwest Asia,

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, the

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, and the West Coast of the United States. ''Narthecium americanum'' is a candidate for listing under the federal

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in the United States. ;Species *''

Narthecium americanum ''Narthecium americanum'' is a species of flowering plant in the Nartheciaceae known by the common names yellow asphodel and bog asphodel. It is native to New Jersey in the United States. It is now apparently limited to that state, having likely ...

'' Ker Gawl. – Eastern United States († North and † South Carolina, Maryland, † Delaware, New Jersey) *''

Narthecium asiaticum ''Narthecium asiaticum'' is a species of plants traditionally placed in the Liliaceae, but now considered a member of the Nartheciaceae. It is endemic to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country ...

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Narthecium balansae ''Narthecium'' is a Eurasian and North American genus of herbaceous flowering plants. This genus was traditionally treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, but the APG II system of 2003 placed it in the family Nartheciaceae. The global dist ...

'' Briq. – Turkey, Caucasus *''

Narthecium californicum ''Narthecium californicum'' is a species of flowering plant known by the common name California bog asphodel. It is native to the mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in wet habitat such as streambanks and meadows. ...

'' Baker – mountains of northern + central California, southwestern Oregon *''

Narthecium ossifragum ''Narthecium ossifragum'', commonly known as bog asphodel, Lancashire asphodel or bastard asphodel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Nartheciaceae. It is native to Western Europe, found on wet, boggy moorlands up to about in eleva ...

'' (L.) Huds. – Scandinavia (including Faeroe Islands), British Isles, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium *'' Narthecium reverchonii'' Celak. –

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Altervista Flora Italiana, ''Narthecium reverchonii'' Celak.
includes range map and line drawing *'' Narthecium scardicum'' Košanin – Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia

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