Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dactylorhiza viridis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dactylorhiza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylorhiza viridis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dactylorhiza viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Coeloglossum viride
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coeloglossum viride var. virescens
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-012:
Habenaria viridis var. bracteata FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coeloglossum bracteatum
COMMON NAME:
Longbract Frog Orchid, Long-bracted Orchid
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cobr3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dactylorhiza viridis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dactylorhiza viridis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dactylorhiza viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Coeloglossum viride
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coeloglossum viride var. virescens
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-012:
Habenaria viridis var. bracteata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Coeloglossum bracteatum
3186
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
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/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p452
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p028
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