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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Tofieldiaceae, False-asphodel family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Coastal Bog Asphodel, Southern Bog Asphodel, Coastal False Asphodel, Savanna Asphodel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triantha racemosa FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triantha racemosa FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tofieldia racemosa var. racemosa 041-18-001a FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, seepage bogs, sinkhole ponds (dolines) in the mountains of VA, acidic wet barrens
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sticky Bog Asphodel, Northern Bog Asphodel, False Asphodel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triantha glutinosa FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triantha glutinosa FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tofieldia racemosa var. glutinosa 041-18-001b FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Bogs and seeps, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Bog Asphodel, White Asphodel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tofieldia glabra FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tofieldia glabra FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tofieldia glabra 041-18-002 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Pine savanna-pocosin ecotones, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Rush-featherling, Pleea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pleea tenuifolia FAMILY: Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pleea tenuifolia FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pleea tenuifolia 041-19-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
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)
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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