Tofieldia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Tofieldia (named after Tofield, a Yorkshire botanist). Liliaceae. Perennial herbs, mostly hardy: sts. erect, from a short or repent rhizome: lvs. radical or clustered at the base of the st., short-linear, somewhat distichous; cauline lvs. few or none: fls. small, in a terminal spike, subsessile or short-pedicelled; perianth persistent, segms. oblong or narrow; stamens 6; ovary sessile: caps. 3-lobed.—About 25 species, mostly north temperate and boreal regions but 1 or 2 in the Andes. T. racemosa, BSP. (T. pubens, Michx. Triantha racemosa, Small). Sts. slender, 1-2 ft. high, minute glandular: lvs. narrow-linear, 6-12 in. long: perianth rigid, whitish, 2 lines long. Pine barrens, N. J. to Fla. and Ala. B.M. 3859. Of no special horticultural value. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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