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Tofieldia pusilla
Tofieldia
pusilla
is a
flowering plant
of the genus
Tofieldia
in the
family
Tofieldiaceae
. It is also sometimes
classified
in the
lily family
,
Liliaceae
. Its common name is
Scottish
asphodel
in
Europe
, and
Scotch
false asphodel
in
North America
. The
plant
is
native
to
northern
North
America
and parts of Eurasia, its
circumpolar distribution
extending across
Canada
and the northern
United States
to
Greenland
,
Iceland
and
northern Europe
.