Plant Details
Pleea tenuifolia [= Tofieldia tenuifolia]
Rush Featherling
Scientific Name: |
Pleea tenuifolia [= Tofieldia tenuifolia] |
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Common Name: |
Rush Featherling |
Plant Family |
Liliaceae (Lily Family) |
Native/Alien: |
NC Native |
Type: |
Herb/Wildflower |
Bloom Color(s): |
White |
Size in Feet: |
1 |
Light: |
ful sun |
Soil Moisture: |
Sub-hygric(*) |
Bloom Time: |
Sep - Oct |
Bloom Area: |
Coast |
Habitat Description: |
Locally abundant in wet savannas, pocosin margins,usually in peaty soil, locally abundant in a few counties in se. NC, rare inland (very rarely as far as Cumberand County, NC)...A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic (Weakley 2015). Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain & Sandhills. |
State Rank: |
No NC Rank Listed (*) |
Global Rank: |
No Global Rank listed (*) |
State Status: |
W6: Watch List: Regionally Rare (*) |
Federal Status: |
No U.S. Status Listed (*) |
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record |
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