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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes magnicamporum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes magnicamporum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes magnicamporum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Spiranthes magnicamporum
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes cernua
COMMON NAME:
Great Plains Ladies'-tresses
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_magnicamporum_2
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_magnicamporum_2_2
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_magnicamporum_3_2
October
Lip oval, without the dilation seen in S. cernua, its center pale yellow, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_magnicamporum2
October
Lateral sepals usually separate from other flower parts, curving in and up, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes magnicamporum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes magnicamporum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes magnicamporum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes magnicamporum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes cernua
2729
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Grassy barrens and glades over limestone or serpentine, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Off-white
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000) p206
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p377
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