OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Cuthbert’s Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone cuthbertii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone cuthbertii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone cuthbertii 166-13-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Turtlehead, Pink Turtlehead, Appalachian Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone lyonii   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone lyonii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone lyonii 166-13-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests, spruce-fir forests, balds, streambanks

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purple Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone obliqua +   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone obliqua 166-13-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Look for it in streambanks, swamp forests

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: White Turtlehead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chelone glabra   FAMILY: Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chelone glabra   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chelone glabra 166-13-004   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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