OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes laciniata

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

Spiranthes laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Spiranthes ×laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-008:

Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Ibidium laciniatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid


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image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafslaciniata_group1

June    Brantley County    GA

Plants 1-2' tall when in flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafslaciniata_group2

June    Brantley County    GA

With a pubescence of capitate hairs (vs. the pointed hairs of S. vernalis), per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Jim Fowler    jafslaciniata_group3

June    Brantley County    GA

Flowers in a very loose spiral or sometimes secund, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes laciniata, Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_s_laciniata_76188

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ×laciniata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-008:
Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2152

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
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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