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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes odorata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Fragrant Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes odorata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Spiranthes odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002b:
Spiranthes cernua var. odorata FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium odoratum
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses
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October-November Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers strongly fragrant, white w a creamy or greenish-yellow lip center, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes odorata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes odorata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002b:
Spiranthes cernua var. odorata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium odoratum
2155
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps and marshes, often emergent at the time of flowering in Taxodium and Nyssa swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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
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!
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p106
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p196
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p405
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p277
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