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| Photo
by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
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| Botanical name: |
Chelone glabra L. |
| Common
name: |
white turtlehead
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| Synonomy: |
| Chelone chlorantha Pennell & Wherry |
| Chelone glabra L. var. chlorantha (Pennell & Wherry) Cooperr. |
| Chelone glabra L. var. dilatata Fernald & Wiegand |
| Chelone glabra L. var. elatior Raf. |
| Chelone glabra L. var. elongata Pennell & Wherry |
| Chelone glabra L. var. linifolia Coleman |
| Chelone glabra L. var. ochroleuca Pennell & Wherry |
| Chelone glabra L. var. typica Pennell |
| Chelone montana (Raf.) Pennell & Wherry |
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| Group: |
Dicot
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| Family: |
Scrophulariaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb
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| Duration: |
Perennial
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| Origin: | Native |
| Plant
height: |
1-3'
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| Foliage: |
Opposite, oblong leaves, 3-6" narrow, sharply toothed, stalkless or nearly so.
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| Flower
color: |
white, sometimes tinted with pink |
| Flower
size: |
1 to 1-1/2" long |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
flowers July - September; fruits September - October. Fruit is a capsule |
| Habitat: |
streambanks, open swamps, and damp ground, |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
throughout north Jersey, the Inner Coastal Plain and Cape May County |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution |
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| Misc.: |
In NJ, Chelone is an obligate wetland species; i.e., Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under
natural conditions in wetlands.
Chelone, Greek for tortoise. Historically, Chelone has been used as a tonic, laxative, and purgative.
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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. 3: 181.
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