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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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-19-001:
Pleea tenuifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pleea tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Tofieldiaceae in the southeastern US (Zomlefer, 1996)
Tofieldia tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Rush-featherling, Pleea
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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.
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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