Spiranthes sheviakii M. Hough & M.A. Young. Common name: Old Field Ladies'-tresses. Habitat: Acidic, dry-mesic successional habitats, old fields, barrens, thickets, dry-open woodland bluffs, ravine-rims. Distribution: C. NY and s. ON west to sw. MI and ne. IL, south to n. AK, east to KY/TN and s. OH.
ID notes: Spiranthes sheviakii differs from S. cernua in having a centrally yellowed lip (vs. white) and spherical (vs. conical/flattened) abaxial glands. It can be distinguished from S. ×kapnosperia and S. ochroleuca by its straight lateral sepals that frequently curve inward apically (vs. straight to somewhat falcate and not curved apically).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See Hough & Young (2021) for detailed discussion.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Hough & Young (2021); = Spiranthes ×sheviakii; < Spiranthes ×kapnosperia M.C.Pace — POWO; < Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. — FNA26, Il, K4, NS, Pa; < Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. var. cernua — C, F. Basionym: Spiranthes sheviakii M.Hough & M.A.Young 2021
Links to other floras: < Spiranthes cernua - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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