Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Goodyera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
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)
Peramium ophioides
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain, Dwarf Rattlesnake Orchid, 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.
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