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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cuthbert’s Turtlehead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chelone cuthbertii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-001:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chelone cuthbertii
COMMON NAME:
Cuthbert’s Turtlehead
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
[Pollinator at work] Flowers strongly 4-ranked, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves sessile, lanceolate, leaf base rounded, margins serrate, apex acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Chelone cuthbertii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-001:
Chelone cuthbertii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chelone cuthbertii
2488
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
Habitat: bogs, sphagnous swamps, seeps, per Weakley's Flora
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 fertile included stamens (2 long, 2 short) & 1 sterile with purple filament
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p093
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p327
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p087
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p224
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p155