Orthochilus ecristatus (Fernald) Bytebier. Common name: Spiked Medusa, Smooth-lipped Eulophia. Phenology: Jun-Sep; Jul-Nov. Habitat: Mesic pinelands with blackjack oak, other longleaf pine sandhills and dry-mesic to mesic longleaf pinelands, also (southwards) in spodosol wet-mesic pine flatwoods, dry-prairies, and disturbed wet pastures. Distribution: Se. NC south to FL, west to LA; West Indies (Cuba).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; = Eulophia ecristata (Fernald) Ames — POWO, RAB, Correll (1950), Luer (1972); = Pteroglossaspis ecristata (Fernald) Rolfe — FNA26, NS, WH3, WI, Brown (2002); = Triorchos ecristatus (Fernald) Small — S, S13; > Eulophia ecristata (Fernald) Ames; > Eulophia pottsii (P.M.Br. & DeAngelis) J.M.H.Shaw; > Orthochilus ecristatus (Fernald) Bytebier — Martos et al (2014); > Orthochilus pottsii (P.M.Br. & DeAngelis) Bytebier; > Pteroglossaspis pottsii P.M.Br. & DeAngelis; Cyrtopodium ecristatum Fernald. Basionym: Cyrtopodium ecristatum Fernald 1897
Links to other floras: = Pteroglossaspis ecristata - FNA26
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