Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Goodyera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Goodyera repens
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-002:
Goodyera repens var. ophioides FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Peramium ophioides
COMMON NAME:
Lesser Rattlesnake-orchid, Lesser Rattlesnake-plantain
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JK Marlow jkm060716_030
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves green, with relatively faint white veins and no broad white stripe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE leaves of Goodyera species
JK Marlow jkm060716_048
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
The raceme is loosely flowered and secund, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Goodyera repens
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-002:
Goodyera repens var. ophioides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Peramium ophioides
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