Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Listera australis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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 Southern Twayblade from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Listera australis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-04-003:
Listera australis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ophrys australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Neottia bifolia
COMMON NAME:
Southern Twayblade
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_opau6_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafl_australis
March Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Its two opposing oval leaves are set about a third of the way up the stem, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jaflaustralis_2050315
March Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
This plant is often overlooked because of its size and color, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jaflisteraau_close050315
March Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
The half-inch flowers usually reddish-purple, pinkish, or purplish-green, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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JK Marlow jkm100313_232
March Grady County GA
Wolf Creek Preserve
A single pair of sessile ovate leaves on the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Listera australis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Listera australis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-04-003:
Listera australis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ophrys australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Neottia bifolia
2141
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in swamps, second terraces in floodplain forests, wet woods under Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pinkish/ Purplish-green
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!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p231
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p473
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p136
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p178
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p104
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p025
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p209