Tofieldia pusilla
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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
- ^ a b Flora of North America
- ^ 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.
External links
Data related to Tofieldia pusilla at Wikispecies