Red Turtlehead blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/10/2009). Highly state rare (S1) and listed as state threatened. Found in freshwater swamps.

Photo by Kerry Wixted MBP List

Red Turtlehead in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/21/2021). No rights reserved.

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Red Turtlehead blooming in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/8/2017).

View Record Details Photo by Matthew Beziat MBP List

Red Turtlehead blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/16/2015).

View Record Details Photo by Kerry Wixted MBP List

Red Turtlehead in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/19/2021). (c) Ron Wertz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-NC-SA</a>). (Photo ID: 452405 - Psn: 76)

Red Turtlehead in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/19/2021). (c) Ron Wertz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA).

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Status

Red Turtlehead is an uncommon plant found in the Midwest and southeastern states. In Maryland it is state-rare (S2) and found mainly on the Coastal Plain.

Description

Similar Chelone lyonii is native to the Appalachians and is popular in the garden trade.

Relationships

Unlike the White Turtlehead, Red Turtlehead is not known as a larval host plant for the state-rare, Maryland state insect, the Baltimore Checkerspot (see Choukas-Bradley, in Marilandica).

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Red Turtlehead blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/10/2009). Highly state rare (S1) and listed as state threatened. Found in freshwater swamps. Media by Kerry Wixted.

Red Turtlehead in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/21/2021). No rights reserved. View Record Details Media by kdaniel20816 via iNaturalist.

Red Turtlehead blooming in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/8/2017). View Record Details Media by Matthew Beziat.

Red Turtlehead blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/16/2015). View Record Details Media by Kerry Wixted.

Red Turtlehead in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/19/2021). (c) Ron Wertz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). View Record Details Media by Ron Wertz via iNaturalist.