OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tofieldia glabra   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Tofieldia glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Tofieldia glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-18-002:

Tofieldia glabra   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Tofieldia glabra

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel


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image of Tofieldia glabra, Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Will Stuart    wil_syphridflyontofieldia

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Syphid fly.

image of Tofieldia glabra, Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Will Stuart    wil_tglabra_carolinaboga

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

A terminal raceme with 1 flower per node [T. racemosa has 3-7 per node], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Tofieldia glabra, Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Will Stuart    wil_tglabra_carolinabogb

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

The 3 sepals and 3 petals alike, oblanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Tofieldia glabra, Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Will Stuart    wil_tglabra_leaves

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaves erect, grasslike but with a succulent texture, less than 8mm wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs

image of Tofieldia glabra, Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Will Stuart    wil_tglabra_leaves_b

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaf margins are minutely upwardly-scabrous, whereas those of Iris are smooth, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Tofieldia glabra, Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel

Keith Bradley    kab_tofieldia_glabra_4709

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tofieldia glabra   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tofieldia glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-18-002:
Tofieldia glabra   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3153

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal, the stem leaves rapidly reduced upward

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a raceme (the flower pedicels attached to the scape singly)

FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule

 

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