NameThatPlant.net: Spiranthes lacera var. lacera

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

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

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Learn more about Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera FAMILY Orchidaceae

COMMON NAME:
Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera FAMILY Orchidaceae

2727

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Clearings, openings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer
White
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?
Capsule

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