Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

2001
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Orchidaceae
Listera smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Orchidaceae
Listera smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Orchidaceae
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Listera smallii

Common Name:
Kidney-leaved Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in GA, SC)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in shaded swamps, wet slopes, nearly always beneath Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora



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...Wet ...Moist

Leaves:
Simple

Flower:
Summer
Yellowish/Whitish-green
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical

Fruit:
Summer
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p050
Wild Orchids of SC: A Popular Natural History p108
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p025
Wildflowers of Tennessee p398




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August
Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

When found, it's nearly always beneath Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora.

 

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