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Common Name:
Pink Lady's Slipper, Mocassin Flower
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Fissipes acaulis
The inflated lower petal forms a moccasin-like pouch 1.5-2" long, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Common Name:
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium pubescens
Sepals & lateral petals greenish-brown/brownish-yellow, pouch 1" or more, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Small Yellow Lady's Slipper
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cypripedium parviflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum
Lateral petals & sepals dark reddish-brown, yellow pouch less than 1" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Kentucky Yellow Lady's Slipper
Purple-brown sepals & twisted petals; the lip a creamy to dull yellow pouch, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Showy Lady's Slipper, Queen Lady's Slipper
Petals white, spreading, narrowly oblong. Lip is a white-streaked rose pouch, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Common Name:
White Lady's Slipper
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Common Name:
Showy Orchis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galeorchis spectabilis
Helmet magenta-purple, lavender or white; lip usually but not always white, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis lacera
The lip's delicate threadlike fringe gives this plant its common name, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis psycodes
Lip with 3 heavily fringed lobes. Nectary opening usually barbell-shaped, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Large Purple Fringed Orchid, Plume-royal, Greater Purple Fringed Orchid
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Habenaria fimbriata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis grandiflora
A squarish to roundish (never dumbbell-shaped) opening at lip base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis peramoena
Lip petal split into 3 widely spreading lobes, margin serrated not fringed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Michaux's Orchid, Long-horned Habenaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Habenaria quinqueseta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Habenaria quinqueseta
"Quinqueseta" refers to conspicuous hornlike lobes of lip & lateral petals, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Water-spider Orchid, Floating Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Habenaria repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Habenaria repens
The petals and lip resemble spider legs splayed against the plant's sepals, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
Common Name:
Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dinner-plate Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera orbiculata var. orbiculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lysias orbiculata
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Common Name:
Yellow Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Orchid, Golden Fringeless Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gymnadeniopsis integra
Lip petal with tiny rounded teeth (not fringed), per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Snowy Orchid, Bog-spike
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gymnadeniopsis nivea
Flowers so white as to seem illuminated from within. Lip entire. Spur 11-23mm, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Tubercled Orchid, Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Perularia bidentata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Perularia scutellata
A loose terminal spike of 10-40 yellowish-green flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Perularia flava
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Common Name:
Small Green Wood Orchid, Club-spur Orchid, Woodland Orchid, Streamhead Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Gymnadeniopsis clavellata
The lip of each 1/4" flower is slightly larger at its 3-lobed tip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Coeloglossum viride
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Coeloglossum bracteatum
Common Name:
Small White Fringed Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH (POSSIBLY MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis blephariglottis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Blephariglottis albiflora
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Common Name:
Large White Fringed Orchid, Southern White Fringed Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Habenaria blephariglottis var. conspicua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis conspicua
Lip has a filiform fringe & a distinct isthmus. Spur often to 3" long, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Monkey-face Orchid, White Fringeless Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Blephariglottis integrilabia
Similar to P. blephariglottis var. conspicua, except its lip is unfringed, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Yellow Fringed Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis ciliaris
Half-inch-long narrow lip completely bordered by a fine feathery fringing, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Crested Fringed Orchid, Golden Fringed Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis cristata
Flowers about half the size of P. ciliaris, with less extensive fringing, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ophrys smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Neottia smallii
Lip broadens into 2 rounded flat lobes with a tiny tooth between the lobes, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Southern Twayblade
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ophrys australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Neottia bifolia
The half-inch flowers usually reddish-purple, pinkish, or purplish-green, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Nodding Pogonia, Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Ettercap
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America
Triphora trianthophora ssp. trianthophora
Petals and sepals may be pure white or white tipped with pink or purple, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Large Whorled Pogonia, Larger Five-leaves
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Pogonia verticillata
3 long, narrow sepals are light green at base, dark purplish-brown at tips, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Small Whorled Pogonia, Little Five-leaves
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Pogonia affinis
The flower is surrounded by three 1" sepals the same color as the leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Pogonia ophioglossoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Sepals and petals usually pink, the lip tipped with deep purplish magenta, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Rosebud Orchid, Large Spreading Pogonia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Pogonia divaricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. divaricata
Flower color is generally pink, vs. the mostly white-flowered C. bifaria, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia, Smaller Rosebud Orchid, Upland Spreading Pogonia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria
The protruding lip has purple markings and a blotch of yellow bristles, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria
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Common Name:
Bog-rose, Dragon's-mouth, Arethusa
Petals and sepals generally point upward; lip curls downward like a tongue, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Bearded Grass-pink
Distinguished by cluster of 3-6 flowers all opening about the same time, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Common Grass-pink
Upper petal (lip) narrow, spreading to a triangular tip w orange bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Pale Grass-pink
Lateral sepals distinctively reflexed backward w their apices behind flower, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Many-flowered Grass-pink
Petals widest above the middle, with a narrow base and bluntly pointed tip, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Common Name:
Oklahoma Grass-pink
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Calopogon oklahomensis
Dilated distal portion of middle lip lobe triangular to braodly rounded, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid
Flowers white with green stripes, positioned horizonatally - "pointing up", per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Lesser Ladies'-tresses, Oval Ladies'-tresses, October Ladies'-tresses
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium ovale
The 1/4" flowers are aligned in 3 fairly vertical ranks, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ovalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium ovale
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Common Name:
Nodding Ladies'-tresses
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium cernuum
Flowers arranged in more than one rank, each rank spiraling upward, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Common Name:
Great Plains Ladies'-tresses
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes cernua
Lip oval, without the dilation seen in S. cernua, its center pale yellow, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Common Name:
Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium ochroleucum
These flowers are usually more yellowish than the bright white S. cernua, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium odoratum
Flowers strongly fragrant, white w a creamy or greenish-yellow lip center, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Little Ladies'-tresses, Little Pearl-twist
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium beckii
Plants may exhibit flowers in either a tight or a loose spiral, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes gracilis var. brevilabris
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Common Name:
Eaton's Ladies'-tresses
The tiny flowers are only 1/6" long, bright white with a green spot on lip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes gracilis
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Common Name:
Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium gracile
Distinguished by the green spot on the lip, which has a white edge, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Florida Ladies'-tresses
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium floridanum
Easily confused with S. brevilabris, but glabrous (not densely pubescent), per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Giant Spiral Orchid, Giant Spiral Ladies'-tresses
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium longilabre
These flowers are arranged in a tight single rank or are sometimes secund, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium praecox
Lip has green veins radiating from its center. Lateral sepals appressed, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Woodland Ladies'-tresses, Pale Green Ladies'-tresses
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium praecox
Flowers a creamy green (vs. the bright white of S. praecox), per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Spring Ladies'-tresses
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium vernale
Unique in its orange/brown spots on lip & pointed hairs on stem & flowers, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Common Name:
Lacelip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium laciniatum
Flowers in a very loose spiral or sometimes secund, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium plantagineum
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Common Name:
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake-orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Peramium pubescens
The raceme is densely flowered & cylindrical, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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