White turtlehead

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''Chelone glabra'' is a herbaceous plant found in wetlands and riparian forests of eastern North America with opposite, simple leaves, on stout, upright stems. The flowers are white, borne in late summer and early fall. It can be used as a method of birth control, as used by Abenaki people.

Its native range extends from Georgia to Newfoundland and Labrador and from Mississippi to Manitoba.

It is the primary plant that the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly will lay its eggs on .

''C. glabra'' is also a foodplant for the sawflies ''Macrophya nigra''
and ''Tenthredo grandis'' , .

A flea beetle in the genus Dibolia has also been shown to feed on ''C. glabra'' .