Narthecium's the botanical name of a genus of flowering plants. This genus was traditionally treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, but the APG II system of 2003 placed it in the family Nartheciaceae. The global distribution of the genus's widely disjunct - 1 species in Asia, 1-5 species in Europe (see Narthecium ossifragum and 2 species in North America. The North American species are: Narthecium californicum: west coast Narthecium americanum: east coast, currently restricted to the P… (More on Narthecium)