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Tofieldiaceae
Tofieldia

not marked as a favorite taxon 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.

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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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image #1 of Tofieldia glabra© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Tofieldia glabra© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Tofieldia glabra© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Tofieldia glabra© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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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