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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-001:

Corallorhiza maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Corallorrhiza maculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Spotted Coralroot, Summer Coralroot


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image of Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata, Eastern Spotted Coralroot, Summer Coralroot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coma4_001_lvd

        

image of Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata, Eastern Spotted Coralroot, Summer Coralroot

Jim Fowler    jafcoralmaculata_1030731

July        WV

Stem and petals tan, sepal edges a darker purplish-pink, lip white w spots, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata, Eastern Spotted Coralroot, Summer Coralroot

Jim Fowler    jafcoralmaculata_2030731

July        WV

A saprophytic species, this species does not produce leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-001:
Corallorhiza maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza maculata

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
None

FLOWER:
Summer
Tan and white with magenta-crimson
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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