Triantha racemosa (Walter) Small. Southern Bog Asphodel, Coastal Plain Bog Asphodel. Phen: Jun-early Aug; late Sep-Oct. Hab: Pine savannas, pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, seepage bogs, sinkhole ponds (dolines) in the mountains of VA, acidic wet barrens, montane cliff-base ice ponds (SC). Dist: NJ south to nw. FL, west to e. TX; disjunct in c. TN. Disjunct in montane SC (E. Ungberg, pers.comm., 2024).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The NJ populations are anomalous (as discussed by Packer in FNA 2002a) and need taxonomic investigation.

Synonymy: = AqW, ETx1, FNA26, K1, K3, K4, S, S13, Tn, Va, Spaulding et al (2019); = Tofieldia racemosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. – C, F, G, GW1, Tat, Tx, W, WH3, Zomlefer (1997c); = Tofieldia racemosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. racemosa – RAB

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL

Heliophily: 9