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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Learn more about Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes praecox FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Spiranthes praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Spiranthes praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-006:

Spiranthes praecox FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ibidium praecox

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses

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image of Spiranthes praecox, Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ibpr_001_lvd

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May Brunswick County NC

Green Swamp

Lip has green veins radiating from its center. Lateral sepals appressed, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

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May Brunswick County NC

Green Swamp

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes praecox FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes praecox FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Spiranthes praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-006:
Spiranthes praecox FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium praecox

2156

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, swamps, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal (when present)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (marked with green)
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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