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Chelone lyonii
Pink turtlehead is a clump-forming perennial native to wet areas of the southern Appalachians, grown for its pink snapdragon-like flowers. Its key needs are consistently moist soil and a site with some shade, though it tolerates full sun if kept wet.
Chelone lyonii, the pink turtlehead or Lyon's shell flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to wet areas of the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States. A deer-tolerant perennial, it is hardy in USDA zones 3 through 8, and is recommended for shady and wet situations, although it can handle full sun. The unimproved species and a number of cultivars are commercially available, including 'Hot Lips' and 'Pink Temptation'. Its cultivar 'Armitpp02' is sold under the trade designation Tiny Tortuga.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chelone lyonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
