Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ovalis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium ovale
COMMON NAME:
Oval Ladies'-tresses
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ibov_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Spiranthes ovalis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium ovale
2730
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, mesic ravines, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Fall
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:
Fall?
Capsule
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