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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Habenaria quinqueseta
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Habenaria quinqueseta
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Habenaria quinqueseta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Habenaria quinqueseta
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-005:
Habenaria quinqueseta FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Habenaria quinqueseta
COMMON NAME:
Michaux's Orchid, Long-horned Habenaria
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September Levy County FL
Goethe State Forest
"Quinqueseta" refers to conspicuous hornlike lobes of lip & lateral petals, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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September Levy County FL
Goethe State Forest
Leaves 6-25cm x 2.5-6cm, reduced above to clasping, ovate, acuminate bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Habenaria quinqueseta
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Habenaria quinqueseta
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Habenaria quinqueseta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Habenaria quinqueseta
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-005:
Habenaria quinqueseta
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Habenaria quinqueseta
2137
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet to mesic pine flatwoods, moist hardwood hammocks, Altamaha Grit outcrops, pine rocklands, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-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
Raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p148
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p151
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p401
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p080
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