Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tofieldia glabra
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tofieldia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tofieldia glabra
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tofieldia glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tofieldia glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-18-002:
Tofieldia glabra FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tofieldia glabra
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel
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Will Stuart wil_syphridflyontofieldia
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Syphid fly.
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Will Stuart wil_tglabra_carolinaboga
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
A terminal raceme with 1 flower per node [T. racemosa has 3-7 per node], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil_tglabra_carolinabogb
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
The 3 sepals and 3 petals alike, oblanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_tglabra_leaves
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves erect, grasslike but with a succulent texture, less than 8mm wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
COMPARE
grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs
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Will Stuart wil_tglabra_leaves_b
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaf margins are minutely upwardly-scabrous, whereas those of Iris are smooth, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Keith Bradley kab_tofieldia_glabra_4709
October Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tofieldia glabra
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tofieldia glabra
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tofieldia glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Tofieldia glabra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-18-002:
Tofieldia glabra
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tofieldia glabra
3153
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal, the stem leaves rapidly reduced upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual
Inflorescence a raceme (the flower pedicels attached to the scape singly)
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p162
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p321
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p380
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p172
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p161
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p183
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