Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Goodyera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Goodyera pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-001:
Goodyera pubescens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Peramium pubescens
COMMON NAME:
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake-orchid
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3901
April Greenville County SC
Leaves with a broad white stripe in center and a network of white veins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Tim Spira tpsgpubescens
April
Fruit are small, erect, ovoid capsules, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm100515_024
May Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaves evergreen, ovate, bluish-green, in a basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
leaves of Goodyera species
Roxanna Martin rlm61910_41
June Spartanburg County SC
Sepals and petals glandular-pubescent on outer surface, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0307m_05
July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Flowers in a dense cylindric raceme on the upper 1/4 of the scape, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Keith Bradley kab_g_pubescens_1968
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The raceme is densely flowered & cylindrical, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Roxanna Martin rlm7210_244
July Spartanburg County SC
Flowers white, hairy, rounded, about 0.25" long, with sac-like lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm181031_5431
November Greenville County SC
Plants spread by underground stems (rhizomes) and may have multiple rosettes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.