OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Spiranthes floridana   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key

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

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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image of Spiranthes floridana, Florida Ladies'-tresses

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).

image of Spiranthes floridana, Florida Ladies'-tresses

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
 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

 

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2150

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, other moist sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring
White (with yellow stripe)
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
Capsule

 

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