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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Corallorhiza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-001:
Corallorhiza maculata FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza maculata
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Spotted Coralroot, Summer Coralroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coma4_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafcoralmaculata_1030731
July WV
Stem and petals tan, sepal edges a darker purplish-pink, lip white w spots, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jafcoralmaculata_2030731
July WV
A saprophytic species, this species does not produce leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-001:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza maculata
2134
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
None
FLOWER:
Summer
Tan and white with magenta-crimson
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p347
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p179
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p058
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p036
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p391
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p024
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