OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis bayardii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Malaxis bayardii

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

Malaxis bayardii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-002?:

Malaxis unifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malaxis unifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Adder's-mouth


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis bayardii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Malaxis bayardii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-002?:
Malaxis unifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malaxis unifolia

 

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2723

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry, open, upland forests, shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
A solitary stem leaf

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Green/ 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 terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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