Plants Profile for Triantha glutinosa (sticky tofieldia)

General Information
Symbol:	TRGL5
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Liliaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 486. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
NAGL	Narthecium glutinosum Michx.
TOGL2	Tofieldia glutinosa (Michx.) Pers.	sticky tofieldia
TOGLG	Tofieldia glutinosa (Michx.) Pers. ssp. glutinosa	sticky tofieldia
TORAG	Tofieldia racemosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. glutinosa (Michx.) H.E. Ahles

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Triantha (Nutt.) Baker – false asphodel
Species	Triantha glutinosa (Michx.) Baker – sticky tofieldia

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Illinois Tofieldia glutinosa false asphodel Threatened
Indiana Tofieldia glutinosa false asphodel Rare
New Hampshire Tofieldia glutinosa sticky false asphodel Threatened
New York Tofieldia glutinosa sticky false asphodel Endangered
Ohio Tofieldia glutinosa false asphodel Threatened
Vermont Tofieldia glutinosa sticky false-asphodel Threatened
Wisconsin Tofieldia glutinosa sticky false-asphodel Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL