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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Corallorhiza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-001:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza maculata
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Spotted Coralroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coma4_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafcoralmaculata_1030731
July WV
Stem and petals tan, sepal edges a darker purplish-pink, lip white w spots, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jafcoralmaculata_2030731
July WV
A saprophytic species, this species does not produce leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-001:
Corallorhiza maculata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza maculata
2134
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Habitat: Moist forests, northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
None
FLOWER:
Summer
Tan and white with magenta-crimson
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:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p347
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p179
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p058
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p036
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p391
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p024