
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead). MBGargiullo, NJ, 9/2017
Chelone glabra is a perennial herb, usually unbranched, to 80 or more cm tall, erect, stem square.
Leaves opposite, lance-shaped to linear, to 15 cm long, margin toothed, stalk short or none.

Chelone glabra flowers. Copyright David G. Smith. Delaware Wildflowers, PA 2004. delawarewldflowers.org (Accessed 1/2018).
Flowers white to pink-tinged, bilaterally symmetric, oblong, hooded, to 3.5 cm long, above 2-3 bracts, inflorescence of spikes to 8 cm long, blooming July- Aug.

Chelone glabra fruit and seeds. Georgia Native Plant Society. gnps.org (Accessed1/2018).
Fruit dry, a 2-parted capsule with numerous wind-dispersed seeds (Levine 1995).
Wetland status: OBL.
Frequency in NYC: Infrequent.
Origin: Native.
Habitat: Open marshes or understory of open swamp forest.