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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera clavellata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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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
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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 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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Laura Godfrey lau_20220809_104004
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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 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
628
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: seepages, bogs, swamps, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora
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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
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p215
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p277
- 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