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Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Uncommon (rare in GA)

Look for it in moist forests, , per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

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 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

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

LESS THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 049-20-001:
Corallorhiza maculata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

LESS THAN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Corallorrhiza maculata