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Learn more about Spring Coralroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corallorhiza wisteriana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza wisteriana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-003:
Corallorhiza wisteriana
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
COMMON NAME:
Spring Coralroot, Wister's Coralroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cowi2_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafcorallorhizaw_4040208
February Marion County FL
Lip bright white and usually dotted with vivid magenta-purple spots, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: The Story.
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Jim Fowler jafcoralwist_group040208
February Marion County FL
Usually in small colonies of 2-12 stems, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm100313_236
March Grady County GA
Wolf Creek Preserve
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Mark A. Musselman mam_coralroot032710
March Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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Mark A. Musselman mam_coralroot032710c
March Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
The lips resemble little tongues hanging from each open flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: The Story.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_wisteriana_2
May
Stem yellowish-brown to purplish partly because the plant lacks chlorophyll, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.