Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Triantha glutinosa
FAMILY
Tofieldiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triantha glutinosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-18-001b:
Tofieldia racemosa var. glutinosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triantha glutinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Tofieldia glutinosa
COMMON NAME:
Sticky Bog Asphodel, Northern Bog Asphodel, False Asphodel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trgl5_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil3777998794_cd21523827
July Buncombe County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Inflorescences cylindric-ovate spikelike heads, the stem glandular below them, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140913_692
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves mostly basal, equitant, linear, 1-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
grass-like leaves of woodland or meadow flowering herbs
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JK Marlow jkm140913_698
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Capsules clearly longer than tepals and not enclosed by them, chartaceous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140913_700
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Glands along the scape make it as sticky as flypaper. — Will Stuart