Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aplectrum hyemale
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Aplectrum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aplectrum hyemale
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-18-001:
Aplectrum hyemale
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aphy_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110313_979
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
A solitary elliptic leaf to 6" long, with many narrow white ridges, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7287
April Rabun County GA
The leaf has the appearance of an unfolded accordion, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aplectrum_hyemale
April
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JK Marlow jkm0505j_28b
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers dull yellow or green with mahogany or purplish-brown tips, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_hyemale_73141
May NC
Pisgah National Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_hyemale_puttyroo_17
May
Each stalk may contain 10 to 24 one-inch flowers, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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JK Marlow jkm150827_953
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Capsule ellipsoid, pendant, 1.5-2.3cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0310g_18
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Like Tipularia, its single, overwintering leaf withers before flowers appear, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aplectrum hyemale
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aplectrum hyemale
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-18-001:
Aplectrum hyemale
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal: a solitary leaf
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green with purplish-brown tips
Bisexual
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
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p062
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p133
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p018
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p330
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p057
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p002
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p389
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p448
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p023