Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes laciniata
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 laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Spiranthes laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ×laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-008:
Spiranthes laciniata FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium laciniatum
COMMON NAME:
Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid
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Jim Fowler jafslaciniata_group1
June Brantley County GA
Plants 1-2' tall when in flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jafslaciniata_group2
June Brantley County GA
With a pubescence of capitate hairs (vs. the pointed hairs of S. vernalis), per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jafslaciniata_group3
June Brantley County GA
Flowers in a very loose spiral or sometimes secund, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_laciniata_76188
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Spiranthes laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ×laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-008:
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium laciniatum
2152
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p316
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p184