(1) The plant, known as turkeybeard, or mountain asphodel , is a rare species of lily.(2) A large, yellow-flowered bladderwort sends stems several inches above the surface of the water, and the yellow asphodel is spectacular in late June and early July.(3) Among them are turkey beard, golden-crest, and yellow asphodel .(4) The sweet herbal aroma of bog myrtle drifts from the shallow mires that harbour a tangle of willows and silver-barked birch or are spattered yellow with asphodels .(5) Hopping across fallen blocks of masonry, dancing over the asphodels , offering piggy-back rides was one way of selling ancient history to two young girls.
