Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Plantaginaceae

Chelone - [maps | photos]

• Chelone glabra L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: white turtlehead

• Chelone lyonii Pursh
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: pink turtlehead

• Chelone obliqua L. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: red turtlehead

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.