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Plants
of Southern New Jersey
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Plant
Profile
Triantha glutinosa × T. racemosa
false asphodel, sticky tofieldia
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| Photo
by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
T. glutinosa × T. racemosa |
| Common
name: |
false asphodel |
| Synonomy: |
Tofieldia racemosa |
| Group: |
Monocot |
| Family: |
Liliaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Origin: |
Native |
| Plant
height: |
20-40 cm |
| Foliage: |
sticky, pubescent, leafless stem, or 1-3 leaves toward the base |
| Flower
color: |
white |
| Flower
size: |
5 mm flowers, crowded in a raceme at the top of a single stem |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
late June to mid-July |
| Habitat: |
pine barrens savannahs |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
five confirmed populations within the NJ pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
S1, E, LP, HL |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Office of Natural Lands Management - Publications
For a discussion on the hybridization of T. racemosa and T. glutinosa in New Jersey see Eflora
Common pollinators are Diptera and Lepidoptera. Most growth is asexual (rhizomatous).
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 519. |
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