OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes lacera var. lacera

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

Spiranthes lacera var. lacera

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Spiranthes gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Spiranthes lacera

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Spiranthes lacera

 

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2727

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Clearings, openings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
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:
Summer?
Capsule

 

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