Tofieldia glabra Nuttall. Common name: Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel. Phenology: (Late Aug-) late Sep-Oct (-Nov); Oct-Nov. Habitat: Pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs. Distribution: Endemic to the Coastal Plain (including Sandhills) of NC and northern SC; reports from GA are dubious.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, GW1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Zomlefer (1997c). Basionym: Tofieldia glabra Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Tofieldia glabra - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet savannas and seepage bogs.
Stems: Stems scape-like, unbranched, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, erect, grass-like, 3-12 in. long and less than 1/3 in. wide, rapidly reduced in size up the stem, with a succulent texture and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a dense terminal raceme, with a single flower at each node; white; less than 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading, oblong-lance-shaped tepals with rounded tips, 6 erect stamens equal to or slightly shorter than the tepals and a white, 3-celled ovary
Fruits: Fruit a 3-celled capsule.
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Height: 1-2 ft.
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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet savannas and seepage bogs.
stems: Stems scape-like, unbranched, smooth.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, erect, grass-like, 3-12 in. long and less than 1/3 in. wide, rapidly reduced in size up the stem, with a succulent texture and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a dense terminal raceme, with a single flower at each node; white; less than 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading, oblong-lance-shaped tepals with rounded tips, 6 erect stamens equal to or slightly shorter than the tepals and a white, 3-celled ovary
fruits: Fruit a 3-celled capsule.
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native range: North Carolina & South Carolina
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