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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis loeselii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Liparis loeselii

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

Liparis loeselii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-002:

Liparis loeselii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Liparis loeselii

 

COMMON NAME:
Fen Orchid, Bog Twayblade, Loesel's Twayblade, Yellow Wide-lip Orchid


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image of Liparis loeselii, Fen Orchid, Bog Twayblade, Loesel's Twayblade, Yellow Wide-lip Orchid

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lilo_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis loeselii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Liparis loeselii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-002:
Liparis loeselii   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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3185

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: seepages at moderate to high elevations in the mountains, mucky bay swamps (dominated by Tamala palustris and Magnolia virginiana) at about sea level on the Outer Banks, wet meadows, and other moist, seepy habitats, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks or in other alkaline or circumneutral settings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green or whitish
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

 

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