OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aplectrum hyemale   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aplectrum hyemale   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aplectrum hyemale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Aplectrum hyemale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-18-001:

Aplectrum hyemale   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aplectrum hyemale

 

COMMON NAME:
Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve


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image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_049

        

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aphy_001_lvd

        

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

JK Marlow    jkm110313_979

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

A solitary elliptic leaf to 6" long, with many narrow white ridges, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

JK Marlow    jkm190413_7287

April    Rabun County    GA

The leaf has the appearance of an unfolded accordion, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aplectrum_hyemale

April        

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

JK Marlow    jkm0505j_28b

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers dull yellow or green with mahogany or purplish-brown tips, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

Keith Bradley    kab_a_hyemale_73141

May        NC

Pisgah National Forest

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_hyemale_puttyroo_17

May        

Each stalk may contain 10 to 24 one-inch flowers, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

JK Marlow    jkm150827_953

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Capsule ellipsoid, pendant, 1.5-2.3cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aplectrum hyemale, Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve

JK Marlow    jkm0310g_18

October    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Like Tipularia, its single, overwintering leaf withers before flowers appear, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aplectrum hyemale   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aplectrum hyemale   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aplectrum hyemale

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Aplectrum hyemale

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-18-001:
Aplectrum hyemale   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aplectrum hyemale

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal: a solitary leaf

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green with purplish-brown tips
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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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