Tofieldia pusilla

Tofieldia pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Tofieldia
Species: T. pusilla
Binomial name
Tofieldia pusilla
(Michx.) Pers.
Synonyms

Narthecium pusillum Michx.

Tofieldia pusilla is a flowering plant of the genus Tofieldia 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 distribution extending across Canada and the northern United States to Greenland, Iceland and northern Europe.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flora of North America
  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.

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