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Orchidaceae
Aplectrum

not marked as a favorite taxon Aplectrum hyemale (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Torrey. Common name: Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Rich, mesic forests. Distribution: QC and MN, south to SC, GA, n. AL, AR, and OK. We find no documentation for a report for s. AL (Conecuh County) (Kartesz 2022).

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ID notes: Aplectrum leaf blades are narrowly elliptic, 10-20 cm long, the blade > 2x as long as wide, tapering to both ends, and notably plicate along the very prominent, white, cartilaginous veins (vs. Tipularia, with leaf blades ovate, < 10 cm long, < 2× as long as wide, truncate to cordate at the base, acute-apiculate at the apex, and not notably plicate along the veins).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA26, G, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Correll (1950), Luer (1972). Basionym: Cymbidium hyemale Muhl. ex Willd. 1805

Links to other floras: = Aplectrum hyemale - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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image #1 of Aplectrum hyemale© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Aplectrum hyemale© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Aplectrum hyemale© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
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image #5 of Aplectrum hyemale© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
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image #7 of Aplectrum hyemale© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #12 of Aplectrum hyemale© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial found in rich, moist forests.

Stems: Stem a stout, pale green to purple-green, leafless (except for some tiny bracts) flowering stalk, emerging in spring separately from the autumn-winter leaves.

Leaves: Leaves 1 per plant, emerging in fall and lying on ground; oval, to 8 in. long, bluish-green with raised, white, parallel lines; withers by spring.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers (3-15) arranged in a loose raceme topping the scape; greenish-yellow with magenta highlights, 3/4-1 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and consisting of 3 narrowly oblong-lance-shaped sepals and 3 central unequal petals, 2 of which form a "hood" over the reproductive parts, and the bottom one forming a scallop-edged, white and pink lip.

Fruits:

Comments: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.

Height: 8-20 in.

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description: Erect perennial found in rich, moist forests.

stems: Stem a stout, pale green to purple-green, leafless (except for some tiny bracts) flowering stalk, emerging in spring separately from the autumn-winter leaves.

leaves: Leaves 1 per plant, emerging in fall and lying on ground; oval, to 8 in. long, bluish-green with raised, white, parallel lines; withers by spring.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers (3-15) arranged in a loose raceme topping the scape; greenish-yellow with magenta highlights, 3/4-1 in. long, bilaterally symmetric and consisting of 3 narrowly oblong-lance-shaped sepals and 3 central unequal petals, 2 of which form a "hood" over the reproductive parts, and the bottom one forming a scallop-edged, white and pink lip.

fruits:

comments: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.

cultural notes:

germination code:

native range: eastern North America



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