White Turtlehead is a wetland wildflower whose two-lipped white flowers resemble the head of a turtle. It blooms in late summer and fall in stream corridors and wet woodlands across eastern North America. It is the exclusive larval host plant for the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly, a species dependent on this plant's survival.
Habitat
Stream banks, wet meadows, and shaded wetlands in eastern North America
Diet
Sole larval host plant for Baltimore checkerspot butterfly
How common
Common
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