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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Pleea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
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 (1968) 041-19-001:
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pleea tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Rush-featherling, Pleea
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Perianth segments separate, lanceolate, 10-15mm long, persistent in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Brunswick County NC
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Slender flowering stems ~ 2x as tall as the mostly basal grasslike leaves, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Bracts of the inflorescence large, spathelike, acuminate-aristate at the tip, per Weakley's Flora.
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September Brunswick County NC
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New buds on flowering stem.
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September Brunswick County NC
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