Chelone (plant)

"Chelone (genus)" redirects here. For the turtle genus, see Cheloniidae.

Chelone
Chelone glabra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Cheloneae
Genus: Chelone
L.
Species
Chelone lyonii
Chelone obliqua

Chelone is a genus of four[1] species of perennial herbaceous plants native to eastern North America.[1][2] They all have similarly shaped flowers (which led to the name turtlehead due to their resemblance to the head of a turtle), which vary in color from white to red, purple or pink.[1] Chelone cuthbertii, C. glabra, and C. lyonii are diploid and C. obliqua is either tetraploid or hexaploid, depending on their slight differences in morphology and localities.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Allan D. Nelson; Wayne J. Elisens (1999). "Polyploid evolution and biogeography in Chelone (Scrophulariaceae): morphological and isozyme evidence". American Journal of Botany. 86 (10). Botanical Society of America: 1487–1501. doi:10.2307/2656929. JSTOR 2656929. PMID 10523288.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Chelone​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.