Plantaginaceae
White turtlehead
Chelone glabra
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Chelone
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- زهرة السلحفاة المرطاء, عشبة الخيلون
- Chinese
- 龜頭花, 龟头花, 白龟头花
- English
- White turtlehead
- Swedish
- Vit sköldpaddsört
Synonyms
- Chelone alba Moench
- Chelone chlorantha Pennell & Wherry
- Chelone glabra f. glabra
- Chelone glabra f. rosea Fernald
- Chelone glabra f. tomentosa (Raf.) Pennell
- Chelone glabra f. velutina Pennell & Wherry
- Chelone glabra subsp. chlorantha (Pennell & Wherry) Pennell
- Chelone glabra subsp. dilatata (Fernald & Wiegand) Pennell
- Chelone glabra subsp. elatior (Raf.) Pennell
- Chelone glabra subsp. elongata (Pennell & Wherry) Pennell
- Chelone glabra subsp. linifolia (Coleman) Pennell
- Chelone glabra subsp. ochroleuca (Pennell & Wherry) Pennell
- Chelone glabra subsp. typica Pennell
- Chelone glabra var. alba Michx.
- Chelone glabra var. alba Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. capitata Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. chlorantha (Pennell & Wherry) Cooperr.
- Chelone glabra var. dilatata Fernald & Wiegand
- Chelone glabra var. elatior Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. elongata Pennell & Wherry
- Chelone glabra var. glabra
- Chelone glabra var. lanceolata Nutt.
- Chelone glabra var. lanceolata Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. linifolia Coleman
- Chelone glabra var. maculata Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. obliquea Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. ochroleuca Pennell & Wherry
- Chelone glabra var. purpurea (Mill.) Michx.
- Chelone glabra var. purpurea (Mill.) Pursh
- Chelone glabra var. purpurea Raf.
- Chelone glabra var. typica Deam
- Chelone linifolia (Coleman) Pennell ex Rydb.
- Chelone montana (Raf.) Pennell & Wherry
- Chelone montana var. elatior (Raf.) Pennell & Wherry
- Chelone purpurea Mill.
- Chlonanthes glabra (L.) Raf.
- Chlonanthes montana Raf.
- Chlonanthes tomentosa Raf.
- Dysosmon amoenum Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.