OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Listera smallii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Listera smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-04-001:

Listera smallii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Ophrys smallii

 

COMMON NAME:
Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade


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image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_opsm_001_lvd

        

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

Jim Fowler    jaf_nlistera_smallii_2

May    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Lip usually cleft about one-third its length, the two lobes oblong, with rounded apices, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3292

May        SC

[Ant on adjacent plant provides some idea of scale.] Stems ± glandular-pubescent above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3297

May        SC

Leaves in the shape of a kidney, hence the name Kidney-leaved Twayblade, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3300

May        SC

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3306

May        SC

Lip broadens into 2 rounded flat lobes with a tiny tooth between the lobes, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

Jim Fowler    jaf_nlistera_smallii_3

June    Union County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

image of Neottia smallii, Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

JK Marlow    jkm0508b_13

August    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

When found, it's nearly always beneath Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Listera smallii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Listera smallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-04-001:
Listera smallii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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2001

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shaded swamps, wet slopes, nearly always beneath Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish/ Greenish
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:
Summer
Capsule

 

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