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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Pleea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Tofieldiaceae in the southeastern US (Zomlefer, 1996)
Tofieldia tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-19-001:
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pleea tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Rush-featherling, Pleea
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Will Stuart wil_pleea_tenuifolia_259
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Perianth segments separate, lanceolate, 10-15mm long, persistent in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_pleea_tenuifolia_306
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Slender flowering stems ~ 2x as tall as the mostly basal grasslike leaves, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Will Stuart wil_pleea_tenuifolia_379
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Bracts of the inflorescence large, spathelike, acuminate-aristate at the tip, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Will Stuart wil_pleea_tenuifolia_455
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
New buds on flowering stem.
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Will Stuart wil_pleea_tenuifolia_607
September Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Tofieldiaceae in the southeastern US (Zomlefer, 1996)
Tofieldia tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-19-001:
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pleea tenuifolia
2855
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Look for it - it's locally abundant in wet savannas, pocosin margins, usually in peaty soil, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Cream
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
(6-) 9 (-12) stamens
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
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