Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Orchidaceae
Malaxis unifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Orchidaceae
Malaxis unifolia

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Orchidaceae
049-14-002
Malaxis unifolia

Common Name:
Green Adder's-mouth

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont & Coastal Plain)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in bogs, moist forested slopes, in the Sandhills in longleaf-oak-hickory forests, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Solitary

Flower:
Summer
Green
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical

Fruit:
Summer
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p232
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p046
Wild Orchids of SC: A Popular Natural History p116
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p141
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p025
Wildflowers of Tennessee p398




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August
Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

 

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