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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Malaxis unifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis unifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Malaxis unifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-002:
Malaxis unifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malaxis unifolia
COMMON NAME:
Green Adder's-mouth Orchid
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Keith Bradley kab_malaxis_unifolia_6215
May Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Many flowers in a terminal raceme, the upper part densely packed, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Keith Bradley kab_malaxis_unifolia_6225
May Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Flowers arranged in a spiral, each < 1/8" wide and with a toothed lip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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Keith Bradley kab_malaxis_unifolia_6256
May Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
There is only one leaf, midway up the stem, broadly ovate to roundish, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
COMPARE
Adder's Mouth and Adder's Tongue
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JK Marlow jkm0508b_27
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Malaxis unifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis unifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Malaxis unifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-002:
Malaxis unifolia
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malaxis unifolia
907
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: bogs, moist forested slopes, in the Sandhills in longleaf-oak-hickory forests, often rooted in moss, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
A solitary stem leaf
FLOWER:
Summer
Green/ Greenish
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
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p232
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p046
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p215
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p453
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p141
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p179
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p116
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p398
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p025
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p151