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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera pubescens   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Goodyera pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-001:

Goodyera pubescens   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Peramium pubescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Rattlesnake-orchid, Downy Rattlesnake-plantain


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gopu_004_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pepu20_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm170226_295

February    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm200415_3901

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves with a broad white stripe in center and a network of white veins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Tim Spira    tpsgpubescens

April        

Fruit are small, erect, ovoid capsules, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100515_024

May    Henderson County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Leaves evergreen, ovate, bluish-green, in a basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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Roxanna Martin    rlm61210_279

June    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm61910_41

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Sepals and petals glandular-pubescent on outer surface, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm0307m_05

July    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Flowers in a dense cylindric raceme on the upper 1/4 of the scape, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm190726_0231

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_pubescens_1968

July    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The raceme is densely flowered & cylindrical, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm7210_244

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers white, hairy, rounded, about 0.25" long, with sac-like lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm181031_5431

November    Greenville County    SC

Plants spread by underground stems (rhizomes) and may have multiple rosettes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

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JK Marlow    jkm181031_5433

November    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera pubescens   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Goodyera pubescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-001:
Goodyera pubescens   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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622

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette or low alternate

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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