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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes brevilabris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes brevilabris

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

Spiranthes brevilabris

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

Spiranthes gracilis var. brevilabris

SYNONYMOUS WITH The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida (Luer, 1975)

Spiranthes brevilabris var. brevilabris

 

COMMON NAME:
Short-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Texas Ladies'-tresses


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes brevilabris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes gracilis var. brevilabris

SYNONYMOUS WITH The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida (Luer, 1975)
Spiranthes brevilabris var. brevilabris

 

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2726

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Yellowish-cream/ Pale greenish-yellow
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
Capsule

 

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