OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Spiranthes laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Spiranthes ×laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-008:

Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ibidium laciniatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid


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image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafslaciniata_group1

June    Brantley County    GA

Plants 1-2' tall when in flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafslaciniata_group2

June    Brantley County    GA

With a pubescence of capitate hairs (vs. the pointed hairs of S. vernalis), per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafslaciniata_group3

June    Brantley County    GA

Flowers in a very loose spiral or sometimes secund, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_s_laciniata_76188

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Spiranthes laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ×laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-008:
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium laciniatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2152

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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