| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plantaginaceae | Chelone cuthbertii | Cuthbert’s Turtlehead | Bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps. | This species has a curious, disjunct distribution: Mountains and rarely upper Piedmont of w. NC and n. GA, and Coastal Plain of se. VA and e. NC. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Plantaginaceae | Chelone erwiniae | Mountain Purple Turtlehead, Erwin’s Turtlehead | Bogs, streambanks, swamp forests. | Southern Blue Ridge from w. VA south to sw. NC, e. TN, nw. SC, and ne. GA (mapping somewhat provisional). |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Plantaginaceae | Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests. | NL (Newfoundland) and MN south to GA and AL. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Plantaginaceae | Chelone lyonii | Appalachian Turtlehead | Cove forests, spruce-fir forests, balds, streambanks. | W. NC and e. TN south to nw. SC, nw. GA (Zomlefer et al. 2018), and ne. AL. Scattered localities away from the Southern Appalachians are the result of horticultural use. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Plantaginaceae | Chelone obliqua | Purple Turtlehead | Streambanks, swamp forests, ecotones of freshwater tidal marshes. | MD and TN south to GA and MS. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Plantaginaceae | Chelone speciosa | Midwestern Purple Turtlehead, Rose Turtlehead | Streambanks, swamp forests. | MI and IA south to c. KY, sw. KY, and ne. AR. |  (c) Marcum, Paul |