Pleea tenuifolia Michx. is a plant in the Tofieldiaceae family, order Alismatales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Pleea tenuifolia Michx.

Pleea tenuifolia Michx.

Pleea is a small flowering plant genus containing only one known species, rush featherling, native to the southeastern US.

Family
Genus
Pleea
Order
Alismatales
Class
Liliopsida

About Pleea tenuifolia Michx.

Pleea is a small genus of flowering plants that was formally described as a genus in 1803. Only one species in this genus is currently known: Pleea tenuifolia, commonly called the rush featherling. This species is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Alismatales Tofieldiaceae Pleea

More from Tofieldiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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