Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes ochroleuca
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ochroleuca
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium ochroleucum
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses
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Jim Fowler jafsocholeuca_group
September ME
These flowers are usually more yellowish than the bright white S. cernua, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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JK Marlow jkm130927_635
September Jackson County NC
The bloom stem is about 10-15" tall and is usually tightly coiled, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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JK Marlow jkm130927_643
September Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm130927_650
September Jackson County NC
The 3-5 slender, acuminate basal leaves are present at blooming, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes ochroleuca
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ochroleuca
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium ochroleucum
2154
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Habitat: Meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish
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:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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