Triantha racemosa (Walter) Small

Coastal False Asphodel

Herb

Perennial

Vascular

Coastal False Asphodel is a native herbaceous perennial in the False Asphodel family (Toefieldiaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama with out-lying populations in east central and northeast Alabama. Coastal False Asphodel occurs in pitcher plant bogs, in seeps, in wet pine savannahs, and on boggy roadsides. It is a perennial with a rhizome. The leaves primarily form a basal rosette. The leaves are linear, 2 ranked, and equitant. Flowers are produced in a raceme. The stalk of the raceme is glandular pubescent. There may be 1-3 reduced leaves at the base of the flowering stalk. Flowers are in clusters of 2-7 along the raceme axis. The flowers have 6 white tepals and 6 stamens. The fruit is an ovoid capsule.--A. Diamond

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Native

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