Tofieldia pusilla

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Tofieldia pusilla
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Tofieldia
Species:
T. pusilla
Binomial name
Tofieldia pusilla
Synonyms

Narthecium pusillum Michx.

Tofieldia pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the family Tofieldiaceae. It is also sometimes classified in the lily family, Liliaceae.[1] Its common name is Scottish asphodel in Europe,[2] and Scotch false asphodel in North America.[1] The plant is native to northern North America and parts of Eurasia, its circumpolar distribution extending across Canada and the northern United States to Greenland, Iceland and northern Europe.[3] It grows in moist, open areas.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tofieldia pusilla in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  2. ^ Clive A. Stace (2010). "Tofieldiaceae – Scottish Asphodel family". New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 834. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
  3. ^ "Den Virtuella Floran: Björnbrodd, Tofieldia pusilla (Michx.) Pers". Retrieved 23 February 2017.

External links

  • Data related to Tofieldia pusilla at WikispeciesError: "Q162547" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.