Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes brevilabris
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes brevilabris
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes brevilabris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Spiranthes brevilabris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes gracilis var. brevilabris
SYNONYMOUS WITH The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida (Luer, 1975)
Spiranthes brevilabris var. brevilabris
COMMON NAME:
Short-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Texas Ladies'-tresses
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes brevilabris
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes brevilabris
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes brevilabris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes brevilabris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes gracilis var. brevilabris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida (Luer, 1975)
Spiranthes brevilabris var. brevilabris
2726
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Yellowish-cream/ Pale greenish-yellow
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:
Spring
Capsule
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