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Spirantheslacera (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer. Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses. Phen: Aug-Sep. Hab: Fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands. Dist: ME, MI, WI, and KS south to GA and TX.
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Horticultural Information
Intro:Erect perennial found in fields, meadows, pastures and woodlands.
Stems:Stems unbranched, smooth but may be sparsely hairy above.
Leaves:Leaves (2-4) basal, oval, smooth, usually withered by bloom time.
Inforescence:
Flowers:Flowers 10-35 in a narrow, tightly spiraled spike; white; 1/4 in. or less long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular, with a total of 5 petals and petal-like sepals, the lowest of which forms a downcurved lip with crinkled edges and has a green patch in its center.
Fruits:Fruit a tiny, ellipsoid capsule.
Comments:
Height:6-26 in.
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description:Erect perennial found in fields, meadows, pastures and woodlands.
stems:Stems unbranched, smooth but may be sparsely hairy above.
leaves:Leaves (2-4) basal, oval, smooth, usually withered by bloom time.
inflorescence:
flowers:Flowers 10-35 in a narrow, tightly spiraled spike; white; 1/4 in. or less long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular, with a total of 5 petals and petal-like sepals, the lowest of which forms a downcurved lip with crinkled edges and has a green patch in its center.
