Tofieldia pusilla
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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 Scotch false asphodel. The plant is native to northern North America and parts of Eurasia, its distribution extending across Canada and the northern United States to Greenland
, Iceland
and northern Europe.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
of the genus Tofieldia
Tofieldia
Tofieldia is a small genus of flowering plants often classified in the lily family; it is also sometimes included in the newer family Tofieldiaceae. The genus sometimes includes species of genus Triantha. These are rhizomatous perennial herbs with spikes or racemes of lilylike flowers...
in the family Tofieldiaceae
Tofieldiaceae
Tofieldiaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants in the monocot order Alismatales. The family is divided into five genera, which together comprise 20 or 21 species. They are small, herbaceous plants, mostly of arctic and subarctic regions, but a few extend further south, and...
. It is also sometimes classified in the lily family, Liliaceae
Liliaceae
The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
. Its common name is Scotch false asphodel. The plant is native to northern North America and parts of Eurasia, its distribution extending across Canada and the northern United States to Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
and northern Europe.