Image: Bog Asphodel - geograph.org.uk - 1402752

Description: Bog Asphodel This is a closer view of some of the flowers that make up an extensive patch of Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) on the grassy moors below Pappert Hill: 1402750. This is a native species, found in bogs and other wet acidic habitats. After flowering, the dried-up remnants of the plant retain a strong orange-yellow colouring for quite some time. The specific name 'ossifragum' means 'bone-breaker'; as is explained in Richard Mabey's "Flora Britannica", that name is indirectly related to the habitat in which the plant is found: "it derives from the belief that grazing the plant made the bones of sheep brittle – though it was not bog asphodel which caused this, but the sour calcium-poor pastures in which it occurs". As for the background, a small part of the River Clyde can be seen at the far left. Slightly to the left of centre, visible as little more than a thin pale-blue line near the top of a hill, is Carman Reservoir. The hills to the right of centre are Carman Hill and Overton Muir.
Title: Bog Asphodel - geograph.org.uk - 1402752
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