Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Spiranthes vernalis
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 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
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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
Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, marshes, fairly dry fields, per Weakley's Flora
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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