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Your search found 74 taxa in the family Orchidaceae, Orchid family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

Common Name:
Pink Lady's Slipper, Mocassin Flower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cypripedium acaule FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium acaule FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium acaule 049-01-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in dry to mesic, acid forests & woodlands, often under pine or other conifers
Common (uncommon in GA-SC Piedmont, rare in SC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Large Yellow Lady's Slipper
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens FAMILY: Orchidaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens 049-01-002 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in rich mesic forests
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Small Yellow Lady's Slipper
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens 049-01-002? FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in mesic forests, seepy forests over amphibolite, other habitats
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common Name:
Kentucky Yellow Lady's Slipper
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cypripedium kentuckiense FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium kentuckiense FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in sandy ravine bottoms and springhead seeps along small streams
Rare
Native to Georgia

Common Name:
Showy Lady's Slipper, Queen Lady's Slipper
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cypripedium reginae FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium reginae FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium reginae 049-01-003 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it over circumneutral to basic rocks, or (allegedly) in mossy wet forests under Rhododendron
Rare
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia (doubtfully to NC)

Common Name:
White Lady's Slipper
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cypripedium candidum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium candidum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in calcareous barrens and bluffs
Rare
Native: north of the Carolinas

Common Name:
Showy Orchis
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Galearis spectabilis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Galearis spectabilis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Orchis spectabilis 049-02-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in deciduous forests, most typically over calcareous or mafic rocks
Common (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera lacera FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera lacera FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria lacera 049-03-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in swamps, bogs, seepages
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera psycodes FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera psycodes FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria psycodes var. psycodes 049-03-003a FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in northern hardwood forests, other moist forests, seepages, bogs
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Large Purple Fringed Orchid, Plume-royal, Greater Purple Fringed Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera grandiflora FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Platanthera grandiflora FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria psycodes var. grandiflora 049-03-003b FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bogs, seepages, moist places at high elevations
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common Name:
Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera peramoena FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera peramoena FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria peramoena 049-03-004 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bogs, seepages, moist forests, moist meadows
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Michaux's Orchid, Long-horned Habenaria
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Habenaria quinqueseta FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Habenaria quinqueseta FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria quinqueseta 049-03-005 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in wet pine flatwoods, moist hardwood hammocks, Altamaha Grit outcrops, ditches
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common Name:
Water-spider Orchid, Floating Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Habenaria repens FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Habenaria repens FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria repens 049-03-006 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in blackwater swamps, pools, banks of creeks and rivers
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dinner-plate Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera orbiculata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Platanthera orbiculata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria orbiculata 049-03-007 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in moist hardwood forests, esp over amphibolite
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)
Native to North Carolina

Common Name:
Yellow Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Orchid, Golden Fringeless Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera integra FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera integra FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria integra 049-03-008 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains & Piedmont
Rare, essentially endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Snowy Orchid, Bog-spike
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera nivea FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera nivea FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria nivea 049-03-009 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in wet savannas
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC), essentially a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Tubercled Orchid, Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Platanthera flava FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera flava var. flava FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria flava var. flava 049-03-010a FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in shaded wet places, such as swampy forests
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Tubercled Rein Orchid, Northern Gypsy-spike
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Platanthera herbiola FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera flava var. herbiola FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria flava var. herbiola 049-03-010b FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bogs, seepages
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common Name:
Small Green Wood Orchid, Club-spur Orchid, Woodland Orchid, Streamhead Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera clavellata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera clavellata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria clavellata 049-03-011 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in seepages, bogs, swamps, other wet places
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Longbract Frog Orchid, Long-bracted Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Dactylorhiza viridis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Dactylorhiza viridis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria viridis var. bracteata 049-03-012 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Rare
Native to North Carolina

Common Name:
Small White Fringed Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera blephariglottis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis 049-03-013a FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Large White Fringed Orchid, Southern White Fringed Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera conspicua FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis 049-03-013a? FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Monkey-face Orchid, White Fringeless Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera integrilabia FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera integrilabia FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria blephariglottis var. integrilabia 049-03-013b? FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bogs, red maple-gum swamps, seeps and streambanks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Yellow Fringed Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera ciliaris FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera ciliaris FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria ciliaris 049-03-014 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, moist roadbanks, meadows, pastures, bogs
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Crested Fringed Orchid, Golden Fringed Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Platanthera cristata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera cristata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria cristata 049-03-015 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, bogs, moist roadsides
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Listera smallii FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Listera smallii FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Listera smallii 049-04-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in shaded swamps, wet slopes, nearly always beneath Rhododendron maximum
Uncommon (rare in GA, SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Southern Twayblade
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Listera australis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Listera australis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Listera australis 049-04-003 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in swamps, second terraces in floodplain forests, wet woods under Rhododendron maximum
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Triphora trianthophora FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Triphora trianthophora 049-05-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in humid forests & swamps, rhododendron thickets, esp on rotten logs or on humus, in the mountains often under hemlock
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Large Whorled Pogonia, Larger Five-leaves
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Isotria verticillata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isotria verticillata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isotria verticillata 049-06-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in moist to dry forests
Uncommon to rare in GA, NC, SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Small Whorled Pogonia, Little Five-leaves
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Isotria medeoloides FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isotria medeoloides FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isotria medeoloides 049-06-002 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in moist forests, in the mountains and upper Piedmont usually with Pinus strobus
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Pogonia ophioglossoides FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pogonia ophioglossoides FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pogonia ophioglossoides 049-07-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, bogs, esp in open peaty or gravely situations
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Rosebud Orchid, Large Spreading Pogonia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cleistesiopsis divaricata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cleistes divaricata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleistes divaricata 049-08-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in pine savannas, Coastal Plain seepage bogs
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of NC-SC, rare elsewhere (endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia, Smaller Rosebud Orchid, Upland Spreading Pogonia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cleistesiopsis bifaria FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cleistes bifaria FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleistes divaricata 049-08-001? FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in moist to fairly dry meadows, dry ridgetops under pines (where seasonally moist)
Uncommon (rare in GA), endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Coastal Plain Small Spreading Pogonia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cleistesiopsis oricamporum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cleistes bifaria FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleistes divaricata 049-08-001? FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Bog-rose, Dragon's-mouth, Arethusa
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Arethusa bulbosa FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arethusa bulbosa FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arethusa bulbosa 049-09-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas

Common Name:
Bearded Grass-pink
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Calopogon barbatus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon barbatus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calopogon barbatus 049-10-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps, pitcher-plant bogs
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC), a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Common Grass-pink
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calopogon pulchellus 049-10-002 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps, floating peat mats, in Piedmont & Mountains in bogs
Uncommon (rare in Mountains & Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Pale Grass-pink
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Calopogon pallidus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon pallidus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calopogon pallidus 049-10-003 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps
Uncommon, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Many-flowered Grass-pink
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Calopogon multiflorus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon multiflorus FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in moderately well-drained soils of pine savannas and pine flatwoods (often with Serenoa repens)
Rare, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Oklahoma Grass-pink
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Calopogon oklahomensis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Calopogon oklahomensis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in pine savannas, prairies
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common Name:
Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ponthieva racemosa FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ponthieva racemosa FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ponthieva racemosa 049-11-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bottomlands, floodplains, moist ravines, nearly always over calcareous rock ("marl") or coquina limestone
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Lesser Ladies'-tresses, Oval Ladies'-tresses, October Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes ovalis 049-12-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomland forests, hammocks, ravine forests
Uncommon (rare in GA, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Oval Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in swamp forests, mesic ravines
Rare
Native to Georgia

Common Name:
Nodding Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes cernua FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes cernua FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes cernua var. cernua 049-12-002a FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in bogs, swamps, ditches, usually in acidic, sphagnous situations
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Great Plains Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes magnicamporum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes magnicamporum FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in grassy barrens and glades over limestone
Rare
Native to Georgia

Common Name:
Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes ochroleuca FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes ochroleuca FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation
Rare
Native to the Carolinas

Common Name:
Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes odorata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes odorata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes cernua var. odorata 049-12-002b FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in swamps and marshes
Uncommon, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Little Ladies'-tresses, Little Pearl-twist
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes tuberosa FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes tuberosa FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes grayi 049-12-003 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in a wide variety of habitats, esp relatively well-drained woodlands and fields, sandhills, dry hammocks, dry pine flatwoods
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Short-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Texas Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes brevilabris FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes brevilabris FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in pine savannas
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common Name:
Eaton's Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes eatonii FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes eatonii FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in pine savannas, dry to moist pine flatwoods
Uncommon in NC-SC, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes lacera var. lacera FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes lacera var. lacera FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in clearings, openings
Rare
Native to North Carolina

Common Name:
Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes gracilis var. gracilis 049-12-004a FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Florida Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes floridana FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes floridana FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana 049-12-004b FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in wet savannas, other moist sites
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Giant Spiral Orchid, Giant Spiral Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes longilabris FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes longilabris FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes longilabris 049-12-005 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in wet savannas
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes praecox FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes praecox FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes praecox 049-12-006 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, swamps, bogs
Common in GA-SC Coastal Plain (uncommon or rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Woodland Ladies'-tresses, Pale Green Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes sylvatica FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes praecox FAMILY: Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes praecox 049-12-006? FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in live oak hammocks, other woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Spring Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes vernalis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes vernalis FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes vernalis 049-12-007 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in savannas, bogs, marshes, fairly dry fields
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name:
Lacelip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes laciniata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes laciniata FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes laciniata 049-12-008 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common Name: Shining Ladies'-tresses
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Spiranthes lucida FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes lucida FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in sunny seepage over amphibolite or other basic rock, moist banks and shores
Rare
Native to North Carolina

Common Name:
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake-orchid
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Goodyera pubescens FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Goodyera pubescens FAMILY: Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Goodyera pubescens 049-13-001 FAMILY: Orchidaceae
Look for it in dry to moist forests & woodlands
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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