OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

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

Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-004a:

Spiranthes gracilis var. gracilis   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Spiranthes gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Spiranthes gracilis

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

Ibidium gracile

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses


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image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ibgr_001_lvd

        

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm060731_022

July    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm140817_821

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Roxanna Martin    rlm82510_76

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Roxanna Martin    rlm82710_36

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Roxanna Martin    rlm82710_73

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_lacera_gracilis

August        

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_lacera_gracilis_2

August        

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_lacera_gracilis_sou

August        

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Rusty Wilson    fkw_ladiestresses_1

September    Greenwood County    SC

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Flower stem about 12-18" tall, with no leaves present at flowering, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Rusty Wilson    fkw_ladiestresses_2

September    Greenwood County    SC

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Flower cluster typically is a single rank but is quite strongly spiraled, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis, Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Rusty Wilson    fkw_ladiestresses_3

September    Greenwood County    SC

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Distinguished by the green spot on the lip, which has a white edge, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-004a:
Spiranthes gracilis var. gracilis   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Spiranthes gracilis

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

 

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2116

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White (with green stripe)
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/Fall
Capsule

 

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