Tofieldia glutinosa - (image 1 of 6)
Taxonomy
Family: Liliaceae
Habitat
Moist or wet, calcareous habitats.
Associates
Distribution
Newfoundland west to AK, south to NY, IN, and CA, and in mountains to WV and NC.
Morphology
Rhizomatous perennial to 50 cm. Leaves 2-ranked; basal leaves several, to 20 cm long and 8 mm wide; cauline leaves absent or single and bract-like near the middle of the stem. Flowers white, perfect, hypogenous, in a raceme 2-5 cm on a sticky-hairy scape 20-50 cm long; pedicels sticky-hairy, 3-6 mm, in clusters of 2 or 3, each with 3 small ovate bractlets at the top; tepals separate, oblanceolate, spreading or ascending, sessile, glandless, 4 mm; stamens 6, with subulate, flattened filaments; ovary superior, with 3 short, subulate styles; ovules numerous; fruit ovoid, thin-walled, 5-6 mm; seeds fusiform with a filiform contorted appendage at each end.
Notes
Flowers June to October
Wetland indicator: Obligate
The common name refers to the resemblance to certain plants in the family Asphodelaceae.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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