Tofieldia

Tofieldia is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1778. It is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyTofieldiaceae

Native toAlaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China South-Central, China Southeast

Observations recorded196,684

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 343
With media: 217
Family: Melanthiaceae
Collections: MSC, NY, MO, US, DAV, CMN
Recorded in: United States, Ecuador, Peru, China, Canada, Sweden, Austria

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Tofieldia is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1778. It is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.

Tofieldia was once placed in the lily family, but is now generally included in the newer family Tofieldiaceae. The genus sometimes includes species of genus Triantha. Tofieldia are rhizomatous perennial herbs with spikes or racemes of lily-like flowers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tofieldia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.