The bog-dwelling western false asphodel, Triantha occidentalis, was first described in the scientific literature in 1879. But until now, no one realized this sweet-looking plant used its sticky ...

Western false asphodel has pretty white flowers and hairs on its stalk that can trap and digest insects. If you hike through a mountain bog along the West Coast of North America in midsummer ...

Hill farmers are being reminded to be alert to the plant bog asphodel, which grows in wetland areas and can prove deadly to lambs. The NFU is worried the plant – which produces bright spikes of ...

Areas of boggy moorland are proving to be ideal breeding grounds for bog asphodel, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) said, and the plant is being blamed on the deaths of 48 lambs in just three ...

Its violet-colored flowers bloom in early September. Bog Asphodel: This rare perennial can only be found in the Pine Barrens in wetlands areas. It flowers from mid-June to late July. Flooding ...

He said the site supported key species, including bog asphodel, sphagnum mosses, grasshopper warbler, short-eared owl and jack snipe, but required “next to no management”. “In time ...

Plants including the greater sundew and bog asphodel are now thriving there. Project officer Helen Earnshaw said: "It is exciting to see bog asphodel, white beak sedge, greater sundew and oblong ...

In the Middle Ages the Border Mires were a refuge for bandits called Moss Troopers and they remain a key habitat for sphagnum moss, bog asphodel, dragonflies and wading birds. Their importance was ...

bog asphodel and insect-eating bladderworts and butterworts. The vast openness also attracts breeding birds one would more normally associate with the Arctic tundra such as golden plover ...

Lancashire Wildlife Trust said it has reintroduced 17,500 plants of missing species, including the carnivorous greater sundew and oblong-leaved sundew, along with bog asphodel and white beak sedge.