Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes floridana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Spiranthes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes floridana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Spiranthes floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida (Luer, 1975)
Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-004b:
Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium floridanum
COMMON NAME:
Florida Ladies'-tresses
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Jim Fowler jafsfloridana_close
April Marion County FL
Easily confused with S. brevilabris, but glabrous (not densely pubescent), per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jafspifloridana_2
April Marion County FL
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes floridana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes floridana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The native orchids of the United States and Canada, excluding Florida (Luer, 1975)
Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-004b:
Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium floridanum
2150
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, other moist sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White
(with yellow stripe)
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p377
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p176
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