Mesadenus lucayanus (Britton) Schlechter. Common name: Copper Ladies’-tresses, Gray Ladies’-tresses. Phenology: Late Dec-Mar. Habitat: Shell middens, dry calcareous hammocks. Distribution: Ne. FL (Duval County) south to s. FL; West Indies; e. Mexico and n. Central America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, S, WI, Brown (2002); = Spiranthes lucayana (Britton) Cogn. – WH3; < Spiranthes polyantha Rchb.f. – Bah, Correll (1950), Luer (1972)
Links to other floras: = Mesadenus lucayanus - FNA26
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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