Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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 (11/30/12):
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in swamp forests, mesic ravines, 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
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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