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Read more: Isotria verticillata (Large Whorled Pogonia orchid) in Brevard, Transylvania County, NC by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Large Whorled Pogonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Isotria verticillata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isotria verticillata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Pogonia verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-06-001:
Isotria verticillata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Large Whorled Pogonia, Larger Five-leaves
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_isve_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_i_verticillata_5
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_i_verticillata_c
April
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Greg Peters glp_05082013_v2
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont Forest
3 long, narrow sepals are light green at base, dark purplish-brown at tips, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
COMPARE
Large and Small Whorled Pogonia and Indian Cucumber-root
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Greg Peters glp_05102013_v2
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont Forest
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Greg Peters glp_05102013_v2a
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont Forest
The bright green leaves tend to point upward when the plant is in flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jafisovert_030511
May NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Jim Fowler jafisovert_close030511
May NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The long dark sepals & gaping lip resemble a large insect waiting for prey, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.