Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liparis liliifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Liparis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis liliifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-001:
Liparis lilifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lily-leaf Twayblade, Large Twayblade, Purple Twayblade, Brown Wide-lip Orchid
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lili3_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_liparis_liliifolia
May
Flowers in a leafless raceme to 12" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Tim Spira tpslliliifolia2
May
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JK Marlow jkm120728_003
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Leaves 2, basal, keel-like on lower surface, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0508b_01
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Fruits are ellipsoid capsules to 0.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liparis liliifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis liliifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-001:
Liparis lilifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
846
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare (common in NC mountains)
Look for it in moist forests, floodplains, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purple
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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p066
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p134
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p022
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p473
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p180
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p049
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p055
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p100
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p397
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p456
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p025