Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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:
Lacelip 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.
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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.
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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.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_laciniata_76188
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes laciniata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Habitat: Pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
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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
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