OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY Tofieldiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pleea tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pleea tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Tofieldiaceae in the southeastern US (Zomlefer, 1996)

Tofieldia tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-19-001:

Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pleea tenuifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Rush-featherling, Pleea


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Pleea tenuifolia, Rush-featherling, Pleea

Will Stuart    wil_pleea_tenuifolia_259

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Perianth segments separate, lanceolate, 10-15mm long, persistent in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pleea tenuifolia, Rush-featherling, Pleea

Will Stuart    wil_pleea_tenuifolia_306

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Slender flowering stems ~ 2x as tall as the mostly basal grasslike leaves, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

image of Pleea tenuifolia, Rush-featherling, Pleea

Will Stuart    wil_pleea_tenuifolia_379

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Bracts of the inflorescence large, spathelike, acuminate-aristate at the tip, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Pleea tenuifolia, Rush-featherling, Pleea

Will Stuart    wil_pleea_tenuifolia_455

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

New buds on flowering stem.

image of Pleea tenuifolia, Rush-featherling, Pleea

Will Stuart    wil_pleea_tenuifolia_607

September    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY Tofieldiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pleea tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pleea tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Tofieldiaceae in the southeastern US (Zomlefer, 1996)
Tofieldia tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-19-001:
Pleea tenuifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pleea tenuifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2855

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Locally abundant in wet savannas, pocosin margins, usually in peaty soil, locally abundant in a few counties in se. NC, rare inland (very rarely as far as Cumberland County, NC), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare in GA)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Cream
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
(6-) 9 (-12) stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: