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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
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

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.

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May Brunswick County NC

Green Swamp

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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

2156

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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