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Light Requirements: full sun/part shade

Soil Moisture: medium/wet

Bloom Color: white

Bloom Time: August-September

Height: 2-4 ft.

Deer Resistant? No

Black Walnut tolerant? Not sure

Local Ecotype Available? Yes

New York Flora Atlas Distribution Map

WhiteTurtlehead (Chelone glabra)

$6.00

I’m a native of New York state and Tompkins County, NY.

My flower resembles a turtle head.

Because of the shape of my flower it takes strong bumblebees to push their way into my bloom to pollinate me.

Hummingbirds visit my flowers too.

I’m the preferred host of the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly

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