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Chelone glabra L.
white turtlehead

       
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Photo of Chelone glabra L.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Chelone glabra L.

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Synonyms:
Chelone glabra L.

  CHCH12 Chelone chlorantha Pennell & Wherry
  CHGLC2 Chelone glabra L. var. chlorantha (Pennell & Wherry) Cooperr.
  CHGLD Chelone glabra L. var. dilatata Fernald & Wiegand
  CHGLE Chelone glabra L. var. elatior Raf.
  CHGLE2 Chelone glabra L. var. elongata Pennell & Wherry
  CHGLL Chelone glabra L. var. linifolia Coleman
  CHGLO2 Chelone glabra L. var. ochroleuca Pennell & Wherry
  CHGLT2 Chelone glabra L. var. typica Pennell
  CHMO8 Chelone montana (Raf.) Pennell & Wherry
 

Distribution:
Chelone glabra L.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Chelone glabra L.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 4 species in Chelone
 

Classification:
Chelone glabra L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Scrophulariales
Family Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus Chelone L. – turtlehead
Species Chelone glabra L. – white turtlehead
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chelone glabra L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
turtle-heads              Exploitably Vulnerable
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Chelone glabra L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Chelone glabra L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33182.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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