OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Spiranthes cernua

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Spiranthes cernua

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Spiranthes parksii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Spiranthes cernua var. cernua

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a:

Spiranthes cernua var. cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ibidium cernuum

 

COMMON NAME:
Nodding Ladies'-tresses


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image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ibce_001_lvd

        

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_spce_012_lvd

        

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm201015_7741

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm201015_7760

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm201015_7762

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4632

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6301

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Keith Bradley    kab_s_cernua_2873

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Flowers arranged in more than one rank, each rank spiraling upward, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_cernua_cropped

October        

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_spiranthes_cernua

October        

Flowers' base arched prominently downward, giving flwrs a nodding posture, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Ron Lance    rwl_spiranthes_cernua

October    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Plants may be up to a foot high, per Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Bentley, 2000).

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Steve Marlow    snm101022_015

October    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Steve Marlow    snm101022_019

October    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Steve Marlow    snm101022_025

October    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiranthes cernua

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes cernua

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes parksii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Spiranthes cernua var. cernua

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-002a:
Spiranthes cernua var. cernua   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium cernuum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1456

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, swamps, ditches, usually in acidic, sphagnous situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
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
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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