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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis liliifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Liparis liliifolia

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

Liparis liliifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-001:

Liparis lilifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Liparis liliifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid


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image of Liparis liliifolia, Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lili3_001_lvd

        

image of Liparis liliifolia, Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_liparis_liliifolia

May        

Flowers in a leafless raceme to 12" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Liparis liliifolia, Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid

Tim Spira    tpslliliifolia2

May        

image of Liparis liliifolia, Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm120728_003

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

Leaves 2, basal, keel-like on lower surface, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Liparis liliifolia, Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid

JK Marlow    jkm0508b_01

August    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Fruits are ellipsoid capsules to 0.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis liliifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-001:
Liparis lilifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

 

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846

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, floodplains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purple
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
Capsule

 

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