Your search found 7 image(s) of Large and Small Whorled Pogonia and Indian Cucumber-root.
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Indian Cucumber-root
Medeola virginiana
Look for it in moist forests, usually with acidic soils
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Yellow-green flwrs w 6 recurved petal-like structures & 3 long brown stigmas, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Flowering plants have a second whorl of 3 smaller leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Vegetative plants have a single whorl of 5-11 leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Large Whorled Pogonia, Larger Five-leaves
Isotria verticillata
Look for it in moist to dry forests
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3 long, narrow sepals are light green at base, dark purplish-brown at tips, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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The bright green leaves tend to point upward when the plant is in flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
Small Whorled Pogonia, Little Five-leaves
Isotria medeoloides
Look for it in moist forests, in the mountains and upper Piedmont usually with Pinus strobus
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When in flower, the 5-6 light bluish-green leaves point downward, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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The flower is surrounded by three 1" sepals the same color as the leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.