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Scotch False Asphodel (Tofieldia pusilla)

Description

Tofieldia pusilla-is a-flowering plant-of the genus-Tofieldia-in the family-Tofieldiaceae. It is also sometimes classified in the lily family,-Liliaceae.Its common name is-Scottish asphodel-in Europe,-and-Scotch false asphodel-in North America.The plant is native to northern North America and parts of Eurasia, its circumpolar distribution extending across Canada and the northern United States to-Greenland,-Iceland-and northern Europe.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Alismatales

            • Family: Tofieldiaceae

              • Genus: Tofieldia