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Learn more about Spring Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes vernalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes vernalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-007:
Spiranthes vernalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ibidium vernale
COMMON NAME:
Spring Ladies'-tresses
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ibve_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_vernalis_72938
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_s_vernalis_72964
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Inflorescence very narrow, upper part of the stem normally quite hairy, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_vernalis_72984
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_s_vernalis_73005
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsvernalis_dogswamp1
May? Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsvernalis_moultrie
May? SC
Lake Moultrie
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Jim Fowler jafsvernalis_2001
June Pickens County SC
Unique in its orange/brown spots on lip & pointed hairs on stem & flowers, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Jim Fowler jafsvernalis_2002
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080607_002
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080607_003
June Pickens County SC