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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes ochroleuca FAMILY Orchidaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Spiranthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ochroleuca FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Spiranthes ochroleuca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Spiranthes ochroleuca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a?:

Spiranthes cernua FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ibidium ochroleucum

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

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image of Spiranthes ochroleuca, Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Jim Fowler jafsocholeuca_group

September ME

These flowers are usually more yellowish than the bright white S. cernua, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

JK Marlow jkm130927_635

September Jackson County NC

The bloom stem is about 10-15" tall and is usually tightly coiled, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

JK Marlow jkm130927_643

September Jackson County NC

JK Marlow jkm130927_650

September Jackson County NC

The 3-5 slender, acuminate basal leaves are present at blooming, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes ochroleuca FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ochroleuca FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes ochroleuca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes ochroleuca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a?:
Spiranthes cernua FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium ochroleucum

2154

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish
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

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