Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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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. | |
Plantaginaceae | Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests. | NL (Newfoundland) and MN south to GA and AL. | |
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. | |
Plantaginaceae | Chelone obliqua var. obliqua | Purple Turtlehead | Streambanks, swamp forests, ecotones of freshwater tidal marshes. | MD and TN south to GA and MS. | |
Plantaginaceae | Chelone obliqua var. 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). | |
Plantaginaceae | Chelone obliqua var. speciosa | Midwestern Purple Turtlehead, Rose Turtlehead | Streambanks, swamp forests. | MI and IA south to c. KY, sw. KY, and ne. AR. |
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