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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes magnicamporum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes magnicamporum

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

Spiranthes magnicamporum

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Spiranthes cernua

 

COMMON NAME:
Great Plains Ladies'-tresses


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image of Spiranthes magnicamporum, Great Plains Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_magnicamporum_2

August        

image of Spiranthes magnicamporum, Great Plains Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_magnicamporum_2_2

October        

image of Spiranthes magnicamporum, Great Plains Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_magnicamporum_3_2

October        

Lip oval, without the dilation seen in S. cernua, its center pale yellow, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).

image of Spiranthes magnicamporum, Great Plains Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_magnicamporum2

October        

Lateral sepals usually separate from other flower parts, curving in and up, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes magnicamporum   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Spiranthes cernua

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2729

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Grassy barrens and glades over limestone or serpentine, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Off-white
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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