Chelone glabra, or white turtlehead, is a herbaceous species of plant native to North America.

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

[2] Its common name comes from the appearance of its flower petals, which resemble the head of a tortoise.

In fact, in Greek, chelone means "tortoise" and was the name of a nymph who refused to attend the wedding of Zeus and was turned into a turtle as punishment.

[5] It is also a foodplant for the sawflies Macrophya nigra and Tenthredo grandis (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae),[11] and a flea beetle in the genus Dibolia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) has also been shown to feed on it.