Tofieldia pusilla
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 circumpolar distribution extending across Canada and the northern United States to Greenland, Iceland and northern Europe.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Tofieldiaceae |
| Genus: | Tofieldia |
| Species: | T. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
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Narthecium pusillum Michx. | |
References
- "Tofieldia pusilla in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- 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.
- "Den Virtuella Floran: Björnbrodd, Tofieldia pusilla (Michx.) Pers". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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