Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes vernalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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 Spring Ladies'-tresses from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
Ibidium vernale
COMMON NAME:
Spring Ladies'-tresses
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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
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, 1938)
Ibidium vernale
2158
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Look for it in savannas, bogs, marshes, fairly dry fields, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish/Often white
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/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p074
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p177
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p216
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p407
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p028