Common Name:
RED TURTLEHEAD
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
-3
Wetness Index:
FACW
Physiognomy:
Ad P-Forb
M. R. Penskar
This is the most commonly cultivated Chelone, a handsome, robust species native to the high elevations of the southern Appalachians, but rarely escaped to moist roadsides and ditches northwards. First collected as an escape in 2014, in Washtenaw Co.
Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. August 13, 2022. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2916.