Tofieldia glabra

Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 235. 1818.

Common names: White featherling white false asphode l
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 61. Mentioned on page 60.

Stems 25–90 cm. Leaf-blades to 30 cm × 6 mm. Inflorescences open, 20–100-flowered, 3–25 cm; bracts navicular, margins entire; bracteoles forming epicalyx, 3-lobed, lobes acute. Flowers: tepals white, 3–4.5 mm, inner tepals longer, wider than outer; stamens 3–4 mm; ovary narrowly ovoid; styles 0.4–0.8 mm; pedicel 1.5–4 mm. Capsules broadly ellipsoid, 3–4 mm. Seeds 1–1.3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Savannas, pocosins, marshy ground, moist sandy soil
Elevation: 0–200 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Tofieldia glabra"
cordate +  and linear +
John G. Packer +
Nuttall +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
navicular +
tunicate +  and scaly +
ellipsoid +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
White featherling +  and white false asphode l +
N.C. +  and S.C. +
0–200 m +
flattened +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
broadly ellipsoid +  and globose or obovoid +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Savannas, pocosins, marshy ground, moist sandy soil +
20-100-flowered +  and open +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
2-ranked +  and equitant +
persistent +
apocarpous +  and stipitate +
many;several +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering late summer–fall. +
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
wind-distributed +
reddish-brown +
1 +  and many +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
1 +  and several +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Tofieldia glabra +
Tofieldia +
species +
persistent +
distinct +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +