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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Cuthbert’s Turtlehead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chelone cuthbertii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-001:
Chelone cuthbertii FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chelone cuthbertii
COMMON NAME:
Cuthbert’s Turtlehead
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JK Marlow jkm060903_058
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
[Pollinator at work] Flowers strongly 4-ranked, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060903_073
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves sessile, lanceolate, leaf base rounded, margins serrate, apex acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chelone cuthbertii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-001:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chelone cuthbertii
2488
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 fertile included stamens (2 long, 2 short) & 1 sterile with purple filament
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p093
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p327
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p087
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p224
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p328
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p155
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