Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-004a:
Spiranthes gracilis var. gracilis FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Spiranthes gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium gracile
COMMON NAME:
Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ibgr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060731_022
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140817_821
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82510_76
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82710_36
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82710_73
August Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_lacera_gracilis
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_lacera_gracilis_2
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_lacera_gracilis_sou
August
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Rusty Wilson fkw_ladiestresses_1
September Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Flower stem about 12-18" tall, with no leaves present at flowering, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Rusty Wilson fkw_ladiestresses_2
September Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Flower cluster typically is a single rank but is quite strongly spiraled, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Rusty Wilson fkw_ladiestresses_3
September Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Distinguished by the green spot on the lip, which has a white edge, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-004a:
Spiranthes gracilis var. gracilis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Spiranthes gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium gracile
2116
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
(with green stripe)
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p45
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p073
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p054?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p406
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p180
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p406
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p029
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