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Chelone glabra L.

White turtlehead (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Chelone

Characteristics

Erect, 5–8 dm, simple or branched above; lvs linear to lance-ovate, to 15 cm, acuminate, serrate with salient or ascending teeth, on a short indistinct petiole, or tapering to a sessile base; spikes 3–8 cm, subtended by scarcely reduced foliage-lvs; cor 2.5–3.5 cm, white, or partly greenish-yellow, or tinged with pink, or even purple toward the summit, the palate white-bearded; staminode green; 2n=28. Wet woods; Nf. to Minn., s. to Ga. and Ala. July–Sept. Highly variable, with ± evident regional trends of variation.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Margins of swamps, wet woods and rivers.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-8

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Unspecified (bark), Unspecified (root), Liver Aid (root), Witchcraft Medicine (root), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Dietary Aid (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Contraceptive (unspecified), Detersive (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -30
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Chelone glabra habit picture by max (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Chelone glabra leaf picture by max (cc-by-sa)
Chelone glabra leaf picture by Natacha Ouellet (cc-by-sa)
Chelone glabra leaf picture by Pascal Guerin (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Chelone glabra flower picture by Agnès Badal (cc-by-sa)
Chelone glabra flower picture by Nicolas Tison (cc-by-sa)
Chelone glabra flower picture by Louis-David Malo (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Chelone glabra world distribution map, present in Canada, France, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and United States of America

Conservation status

Chelone glabra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274468-2
WFO ID wfo-0000600741
COL ID 69QYP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 762039
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Chelone glabra f. tomentosa Chelone linifolia Chelone montana Chelone purpurea Chelone alba Chelone chlorantha Dysosmon amoenum Chelone glabra f. glabra Chlonanthes glabra Chlonanthes montana Chlonanthes tomentosa Chelone glabra var. purpurea Chelone glabra var. alba Chelone glabra subsp. chlorantha Chelone glabra var. chlorantha Chelone glabra subsp. dilatata Chelone glabra subsp. elatior Chelone glabra var. elongata Chelone glabra subsp. elongata Chelone glabra var. lanceolata Chelone glabra subsp. linifolia Chelone glabra var. ochroleuca Chelone glabra subsp. ochroleuca Chelone montana var. elatior Chelone glabra var. capitata Chelone glabra var. maculata Chelone glabra var. obliquea Chelone glabra var. elatior Chelone glabra f. rosea Chelone glabra f. velutina Chelone glabra var. glabra Chelone glabra var. dilatata Chelone glabra var. linifolia Chelone glabra var. purpurea Chelone glabra

Lower taxons

Chelone glabra var. elatior
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