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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis unifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Malaxis unifolia

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

Malaxis unifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-002:

Malaxis unifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malaxis unifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Green Adder's-mouth


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image of Malaxis unifolia, Green Adder's-mouth

Keith Bradley    kab_malaxis_unifolia_6215

May    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Many flowers in a terminal raceme, the upper part densely packed, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Malaxis unifolia, Green Adder's-mouth

Keith Bradley    kab_malaxis_unifolia_6225

May    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Flowers arranged in a spiral, each < 1/8" wide and with a toothed lip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Malaxis unifolia, Green Adder's-mouth

Keith Bradley    kab_malaxis_unifolia_6256

May    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

There is only one leaf, midway up the stem, broadly ovate to roundish, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).


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image of Malaxis unifolia, Green Adder's-mouth

JK Marlow    jkm0508b_27

August    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis unifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Malaxis unifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-002:
Malaxis unifolia   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malaxis unifolia

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, moist forested slopes, in the Sandhills in longleaf-oak-hickory forests, often rooted in moss, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
A solitary stem leaf

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Green/ Greenish
Pedicels 5-10mm long
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

Flowers in a terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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