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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Nodding Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes cernua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes cernua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a:
Spiranthes cernua var. cernua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium cernuum
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Ladies'-tresses
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ibce_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_spce_012_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7741
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7760
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7762
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Keith Bradley kab_s_cernua_2873
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Flowers arranged in more than one rank, each rank spiraling upward, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_cernua_cropped
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_spiranthes_cernua
October
Flowers' base arched prominently downward, giving flwrs a nodding posture, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Ron Lance rwl_spiranthes_cernua
October Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Plants may be up to a foot high, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Steve Marlow snm101022_015
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Steve Marlow snm101022_019
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Steve Marlow snm101022_025
October Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway