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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ponthieva racemosa   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Ponthieva racemosa

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

Ponthieva racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-11-001:

Ponthieva racemosa   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Ponthieva racemosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid


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image of Ponthieva racemosa, Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_racemosasharpen

September        

Flowers borne on long stalks in a well-spaced raceme along the upper stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Ponthieva racemosa, Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ponthieva_racemosa_4

September        

Flowers white with green stripes, positioned horizonatally - "pointing up", per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Ponthieva racemosa, Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafpon_000b

October    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Ponthieva racemosa, Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafpon_000c

October    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Ponthieva racemosa, Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Sharleen Johnson    shj_6109076802450246

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Ponthieva racemosa, Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Sharleen Johnson    shj_708894637467703

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ponthieva racemosa   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Ponthieva racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-11-001:
Ponthieva racemosa   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2147

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomlands, floodplains, moist ravines, nearly always over calcareous rock ('marl' or coquina limestone), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal rosette

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White & 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

Flowers in a raceme

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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