Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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
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:
Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain, Dwarf Rattlesnake Orchid, Lesser Rattlesnake-orchid, Lesser Rattlesnake-plantain
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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.
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JK Marlow jkm0508b_14
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Goodyera repens
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Look for it in moist forests, usually under conifers and rhododendrons, 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:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette or low alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/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:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p106
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p024
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p083
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p178
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p054
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p395
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p454
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p029