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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Platanthera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-011:
Habenaria clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis clavellata
COMMON NAME:
Small Green Wood Orchid, Club-spur Orchid, Woodland Orchid, Streamhead Orchid
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_gycl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0966
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0968
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060723_325
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Each flower has a half-inch club-shaped spur that points back & downward, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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JK Marlow jkm120705_670
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
The lip of each 1/4" flower is slightly larger at its 3-lobed tip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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JK Marlow jkm150712_437
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Usually 1 major leaf, low but not basal, clasping, keeled, oblanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm080802_004
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080802_007
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3573
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Fruits are small, ellipsoid capsules, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-011:
Habenaria clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis clavellata
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in seepages, bogs, swamps, other wet places, 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
1(2) leaves low on the stem
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-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
Raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p228
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p232
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p221
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p044
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p072
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p175
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p068
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p399
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p458
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p027
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p195