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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triantha glutinosa
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Triantha from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triantha glutinosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triantha glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Triantha glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-18-001b:
Tofieldia racemosa var. glutinosa FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Tofieldia glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triantha glutinosa
COMMON NAME:
Sticky Bog Asphodel, Northern Bog Asphodel, False Asphodel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trgl5_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil3777998794_cd21523827
July Buncombe County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Inflorescences cylindric-ovate spikelike heads, the stem glandular below them, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140913_692
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves mostly basal, equitant, linear, 1-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs
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JK Marlow jkm140913_698
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Capsules clearly longer than tepals and not enclosed by them, chartaceous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140913_700
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Glands along the scape make it as sticky as flypaper. — Will Stuart
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triantha glutinosa
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triantha glutinosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triantha glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Triantha glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-18-001b:
Tofieldia racemosa var. glutinosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Tofieldia glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triantha glutinosa
3002
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs and seeps, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal, the stem leaves rapidly reduced upward
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual
Inflorescence a thyrse (pedicels attached in trifurcating clusters of 3-7)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p161
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p015
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