OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Chelone obliqua +

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-003:

Chelone obliqua   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chelone obliqua

 

COMMON NAME:
Purple Turtlehead


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image of Chelone obliqua +, Purple Turtlehead

JK Marlow    jkm140412_947

April    Transylvania County    NC

image of Chelone obliqua +, Purple Turtlehead

JK Marlow    jkm0308w_23

August    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers in a dense cluster, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Chelone obliqua +, Purple Turtlehead

JK Marlow    jkm090913_117

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves lance-shaped; leaf stalks 0.25-.5" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Chelone obliqua +, Purple Turtlehead

JK Marlow    jkm090913_119

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Lvs widest mostly at or near middle, serrate, w acute base. Petioles 5-15mm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Chelone obliqua +, Purple Turtlehead

JK Marlow    jkm0310g_01

October    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Capsule broadly ovoid, about 1cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chelone obliqua +

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-003:
Chelone obliqua   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chelone obliqua

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

314

Forb
Perennial

Look for it in streambanks, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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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 white filament
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

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