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Bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum, rome (norwegian). Bog asphodel produces bright yellow star-like flowers on leafless stems. Growing in heaths and peatbogs, like here in the protected area of Stråsjjøen and Prestøyan, next to a national park in Mid-Norway. The scientific name ossifragum means ?bone breaker? and refers to the old belief that after grazing on this plant the bones of sheep became brittle. In Norway this plants are believed to cause the sicknes "alveld" in sheep.

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Mountain flowers in Norway
Bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum, rome (norwegian). Bog asphodel produces bright yellow star-like flowers on leafless stems. Growing in heaths and peatbogs, like here in the protected area of Stråsjjøen and Prestøyan, next to a national park in Mid-Norway. The scientific name ossifragum means ?bone breaker? and refers to the old belief that after grazing on this plant the bones of sheep became brittle. In Norway this plants are believed to cause the sicknes "alveld" in sheep.
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