OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ochroleuca   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes ochroleuca

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

Spiranthes ochroleuca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a?:

Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Ibidium ochroleucum

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses


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image of Spiranthes ochroleuca, Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Jim Fowler    jafsocholeuca_group

September        ME

These flowers are usually more yellowish than the bright white S. cernua, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes ochroleuca, Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm130927_635

September    Jackson County    NC

The bloom stem is about 10-15" tall and is usually tightly coiled, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes ochroleuca, Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm130927_643

September    Jackson County    NC

image of Spiranthes ochroleuca, Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm130927_650

September    Jackson County    NC

The 3-5 slender, acuminate basal leaves are present at blooming, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ochroleuca   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a?:
Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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2154

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish
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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