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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Corallorhiza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-002:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza odontorhiza
COMMON NAME:
Autumn Coralroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cood_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafcoralodo_group2030927
September Greenville County SC
Small purplish-green flowers open only slightly and have a spotted white lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Jim Fowler jafcoralodon_group030927
September Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-002:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza odontorhiza
366
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, especially under oaks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
None
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white & purplish-green
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:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p161
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p163
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p429
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p018
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p347
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p179
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p399
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p040
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p391
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p024
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