Tofieldiaceae
Coastal false asphodel
Triantha racemosa
- Family
- Tofieldiaceae
- Genus
- Triantha
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coastal false asphodel, Southern bog asphodel
Synonyms
- Abama pubens (Michx.) Raf.
- Abama scabra Raf.
- Asphodeliris racemosa (Walter) Kuntze
- Melanthium racemosum Walter
- Narthecium pubens Michx.
- Tofieldia pubens (Michx.) Willd.
- Tofieldia pubescens Pers.
- Tofieldia racemosa (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Triantha pubens (Michx.) Baker
- Trianthella racemosa (Walter) House
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.