Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) A. Eaton. Common name: Michaux’s Orchid. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Wet to mesic pine flatwoods, moist hardwood hammocks, Altamaha Grit outcrops, pine rocklands, ditches. Distribution: E. SC south to s. FL, west to se. LA (not known from MS).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA26, K1, S, S13, Batista et al (2011), Brown (2002); = Habenaria quinqueseta (Michx.) Eaton var. quinqueseta – Luer (1975); < Habenaria quinqueseta (Michx.) Eaton – GW1, K3, K4, RAB, Tx, WH3, WI, Correll (1950)
Links to other floras: = Habenaria quinqueseta - FNA26
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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