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.

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.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

False Asphodel

speciesTofieldia calyculata

Scottish Asphodel

speciesTofieldia pusilla

Purple Featherling

speciesTofieldia coccinea

Carolina bog asphodel

speciesTofieldia glabra

Tofieldia cernua

speciesTofieldia cernua

Tofieldia divergens

speciesTofieldia divergens

Tofieldia thibetica

speciesTofieldia thibetica

Tofieldia okuboi

speciesTofieldia okuboi

Tofieldia yoshiiana

speciesTofieldia yoshiiana

Tofieldia × hybrida

hybridTofieldia × hybrida

Tofieldia nuda

speciesTofieldia nuda

Tofieldia furusei

speciesTofieldia furusei

Tofieldia himalaica

speciesTofieldia himalaica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129704.