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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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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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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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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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