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Chelone glabra

Chelone glabra L.

white turtlehead

Synonym(s): Chelone chlorantha, Chelone glabra var. chlorantha, Chelone glabra var. dilatata, Chelone glabra var. elatior, Chelone glabra var. elongata, Chelone glabra var. linifolia, Chelone glabra var. ochroleuca, Chelone glabra var. typica, Chelone montana
Cultivar(s): Black Ace, Turtle Bloom
Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
Image ID: 12401
Image by: Cressler, Alan M.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: CHGL2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chelone glabra
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-10-16

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id Cultivar_name Action
52 Black Ace View
1241 Turtle Bloom View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: CHELO
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Chelone
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Turtlehead
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 4 species, perennial herbs, of e. North America.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: The four fertile stamens are inserted on either side of the corolla near its base and are flattened and conspicuously pilose. The single staminodium (the color of which is used in the key) is much shorter (often only a few mm long), and is inserted uppermost on the corolla near its base.
GENUS REFERENCES: Nelson in FNA (in prep.); Nelson, Elisens, & Benesh (1998); Pennell (1935)=P.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: PLANTA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Plantaginaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Plantain Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: As radically recircumscribed, a family of about 120 genera and 1800 species.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Albach, Meudt, & Oxelman (2005); Olmstead et al. (2001); Schwarzbach in Kadereit (2004); Fischer in Kadereit (2004).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Erect perennial of stream banks, seeps and swamp forests.
STEMS: Stems simple or sparingly branched, smooth.
LEAVES: Leaves opposite, short petiolate or subsessile, lance-shaped tapering to a sharp tip, 4-7 in. long, toothed.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers in dense terminal spikes, each resting on a leafy bract that mostly conceals the stalk; white but pink-tinged at tip; 1--1½ in. long; bilaterally symmetric; inflated-tubular and consisting of a hoodlike upper lip, a 3-lobed lower lip bearing a white or yellowish beard, 4 fertile stamens and a single green-tipped sterile stamen.
FRUITS: Fruit a broadly oval capsule.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 2-5 ft.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Opposite
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Bilateral (Zygomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Jul-Oct
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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BLOOM COLOR: White and pink
White Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Lavender Purple Violet Brown Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: Sep-Nov.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Bogs/pocosins, Bottomlands, Moist forests
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Chelone glabra is best grown in moist to wet, rich, humusy soils in part shade; too much shade, and it may require staking. White turtlehead is found throughout Eastern North America. It is usually found along moist streams, and bottomlands. It spreads slowly by rhizomes and can eventually make small stands in the right conditions. The distinctive shape of its flower gives the plant its common and genus name. Chelone is derived from Greek for tortoise. The flowers attract bees, hummingbirds, and some lepidoptera.

Bloom Table Text:

NCBG Location:

Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 3
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 8
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Bee Friendly, Butterfly Friendly, Hummingbird Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
1258 1986-1030 View
3302 1990-0163 View
7722 2001-0077 2001-05-22 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
2175 1258 81 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
5482 3302 73 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
5483 3302 139 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
5484 3302 81 NCBG staff 1986-11-01 View
10914 7722 115 NCBG staff 2001-05-01 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: CHGL2
USDA Common Name: White Turtlehead
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chelone glabra
COMMON NAME: White Turtlehead
SYNONYMY: [= C, FNA, GW, K1, K2, Mo, Pa, RAB, Tn, Va, W; > C. glabra var. dilatata Fernald & Wiegand - F; > C. glabra var. elatior Rafinesque - F, G, S; > C. glabra var. elongata - F, G, S; > C. glabra var. ochroleuca Pennell & Wherry - F, G, S; > C. glabra ssp. ochroleuca (Pennell & Wherry) Pennell - P; > C. glabra var. glabra - F, G, S; > C. glabra ssp. chlorantha (Pennell & Wherry) Pennell - P; > C. glabra ssp. dilatata (Fernald & Wiegand) Pennell - P; > C. glabra ssp. elatior (Rafinesque ) Pennell - P; > C. glabra ssp. elongata (Pennell & Wherry) Pennell - P; > C. glabra ssp. typica - P; > C. chlorantha Pennell & Wherry - S; > C. montana (Rafinesque) Pennell & Wherry var. montana - S; > C. montana var. elatior (Rafinesque) Small - S]
PHENOLOGY: Jul-Oct; Sep-Nov.
HABITAT: Streambanks, seeps, swamp forests.
COMMENTS: NL (Newfoundland) and MN south to GA and AL. The named varieties (or subspecies) are intergrading and the characters used to distinguish them do not correlate well. The species is diploid (Nelson, Elisens, & Benish 1998).
RANGE MAP: Chelone glabra.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Plantaginaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Plantain Family)
SUMMARY: As radically recircumscribed, a family of about 120 genera and 1800 species.
REFERENCE: Albach, Meudt, & Oxelman (2005); Olmstead et al. (2001); Schwarzbach in Kadereit (2004); Fischer in Kadereit (2004).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Chelone L. (Turtlehead)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 4 species, perennial herbs, of e. North America.
REFERENCE: Nelson in FNA (in prep.); Nelson, Elisens, & Benesh (1998); Pennell (1935)=P.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Chelone glabra in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Chelone glabra in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Chelone glabra in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Chelone glabra in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Chelone glabra in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Chelone glabra

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 12401 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 12401 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 12401 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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