Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes praecox
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes praecox
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-006:
Spiranthes praecox
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium praecox
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses
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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.
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Jim Fowler jafspraecox_group
May Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes praecox
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes praecox
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA-SC Coastal Plain (uncommon or rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Habitat: pine savannas, swamps, bogs, per Weakley's Flora
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p150
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p204
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p174