Narthecium ossifragum
(L.) Huds. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Narthecium ossifragum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility116 934 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI16 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics24 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
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 1000 m in elevation. It produces spikes of bright yellow flowers in summer. The bright orange fruits have been used as a colourant to replace saffron by Shetland Islanders.Richard Mabey Flora Britannica Despite the plant's English name "bog asphodel", it is not particularly closely related to the true asphodels. In addition to other forms of pollination, this plant is adapted to rain-pollination. The Latin specific name ossifragum means "bone-breaker", and refers to a traditional belief that eating the plant caused sheep to develop brittle bones. The probable origin of this story is that sheep eating a calcium-poor diet are likely to develop bone weakness, and N. ossifragum favours acidic low-calcium soils.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry6
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Narthecium ossifragum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds21 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2R)-2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-2H-furan-5-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R)-3-methoxy-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2H-furan-5-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-3-methoxy-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2H-furan-5-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,16R,17R)-17-[(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,16-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| 22R-Hydroxycholesterol | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-methoxy-2(5H)-furanone | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybutenolid | present | LOTUS | |
| 4-Methoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 7-O-Beta-D-Glucopyranoside | present | LOTUS | |
| [(3S,8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-[(2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl] decanoate | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Narthecium ossifragum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Narthecium ossifragum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2623×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · brit-fl +10
2n 191×CCDB · book-fedorov
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type116 934 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions41 of 85 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Olocation not on record | 570 |
| Trondheim, NO | 461 |
| LDlocation not on record | 342 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 213 |
| Bergen, NO | 191 |
| Uppsala, SE | 189 |
| Brussel, BE | 174 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 108 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 81 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 73 |
| MAlocation not on record | 51 |
| South Kensington, GB | 45 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 45 |
| Barcelona, ES | 31 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 22 |
| Vitoria, ES | 20 |
| València, ES | 16 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 16 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 13 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 13 |
| Salamanca, ES | 13 |
| BClocation not on record | 10 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Madrid, ES | 9 |
| Wlocation not on record | 8 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 7 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 7 |
| Dresden, DE | 6 |
| Tilburg, NL | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| Stockholm, SE | 6 |
| Auckland, NZ | 6 |
| Pamplona, ES | 5 |
| University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Herbarium Clocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Namur, BE | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Granada, ES | 3 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Alicante, ES | 3 |
| Podgorica, ME | 3 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 2 |
| Oulu, FI | 2 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 2 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 2 |
| Coimbra, PT | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tartu, EE | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Shrewsbury Schoollocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Narthecium ossifragum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.