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Orchidaceae
Spiranthes

not marked as a favorite taxon Spiranthes lacera (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer. Common name: Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses. Phenology: Aug-Sep. Habitat: Fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands, occasionally glade margins. Distribution: ME, MI, WI, and KS south to GA and TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, FNA26, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, W, Luer (1975); = Gyrostachys gracilis (Bigelow) Kuntze; = Ibidium beckii (Lindl.) House; = Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) Beck — F, Il, WV; = Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) Beck var. gracilis — GW1, Tx, Correll (1950); < Ibidium gracile (Bigelow) House — S, S13; < Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) Beck — G, Tat; < Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) Beck var. gracilis — RAB; < Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. — Mo1. Basionym: Neottia gracilis Bigelow 1824

Links to other floras: = Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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.

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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.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, ellipsoid capsule.

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