Chelone obliqua var. obliqua

Common names: Red turtlehead
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 60.

Leaves: mid-cauline blade 53–80(–117) mm. Flowers: calyx lobe margins not or sparsely ciliate; corolla: abaxial lobes (12–)15–19 mm; staminode (6–)8–12(–14) mm. 2n = 84.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Along streams, marshes, swamps, seeps, springs, wet meadows and woods, pond and lake margins.
Elevation: 0–100 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ga., Ky., Md., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.

Discussion

Variety obliqua is considered to be vulnerable to extinction throughout the Coastal Plain Province; specific threats to populations have not been assessed (NatureServe, www.natureserve.org/explorer).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Allan D. Nelson +
Linnaeus +
Red turtlehead +
Ala. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +  and Va. +
0–100 m. +
Along streams, marshes, swamps, seeps, springs, wet meadows and woods, pond and lake margins. +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
Syst. Nat. ed. +
Chelone obliqua var. obliqua +
Chelone obliqua +
variety +