Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Goodyera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Goodyera repens
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-002:
Goodyera repens var. ophioides FAMILY Orchidaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Peramium ophioides
COMMON NAME:
Lesser Rattlesnake-orchid, Lesser Rattlesnake-plantain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_peop2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060716_030
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves green, with relatively faint white veins and no broad white stripe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Goodyera species
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JK Marlow jkm060716_048
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
The raceme is loosely flowered and secund, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0508b_14
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Goodyera repens
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-13-002:
Goodyera repens var. ophioides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Peramium ophioides
623
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, usually under conifers and rhododendrons, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette or low alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p106
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p024
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p083
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p178
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p054
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p395
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p454
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p029
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