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Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) is an evocative and radiant wild perennial herb of the European peat bogs, belonging to the family Nartheciaceae. Flourishing in waterlogged, acidic quagmires where few other plants can thrive, it paints bleak moorlands in vivid...
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Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), despite its name, is not a grass at all, but rather a breathtaking wild perennial herb in the spindle family Celastraceae. Revered since ancient times—and named by the Roman naturalist Dioscorides after Mount Parnassus in...
