Flora of North America species comparison

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Tofieldia glabra

smooth bog-asphodel, smooth tofieldia, white false asphode l, white featherling
Stems

25–90 cm.
Leaf

blades to 30 cm × 6 mm.
Inflorescences

open, 20–100-flowered, 3–25 cm;

bracts navicular, margins entire;

bracteoles forming epicalyx, 3-lobed, lobes acute.
Flowers

tepals white, 3–4.5 mm, inner tepals longer, wider than outer;

stamens 3–4 mm;

ovary narrowly ovoid;

styles 0.4–0.8 mm;

pedicel 1.5–4 mm.
Capsules

broadly ellipsoid, 3–4 mm.
Seeds

1–1.3 mm.

Tofieldia glabra
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Savannas, pocosins, marshy ground, moist sandy soil
Elevation 0–200 m (0–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NC; SC
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 61.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Tofieldia
Sibling taxa
T. coccinea, T. pusilla
Name authority Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 235. (1818)
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