OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes longilabris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Spiranthes longilabris

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

Spiranthes longilabris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-005:

Spiranthes longilabris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ibidium longilabre

 

COMMON NAME:
Longhorn Ladies'-tresses, Giant Spiral Orchid, Giant Spiral Ladies'-tresses, Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses


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image of Spiranthes longilabris, Longhorn Ladies'-tresses, Giant Spiral Orchid, Giant Spiral Ladies'-tresses, Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses

Jim Fowler    jafslongilabris_4

October    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

These flowers are arranged in a tight single rank or are sometimes secund, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Spiranthes longilabris, Longhorn Ladies'-tresses, Giant Spiral Orchid, Giant Spiral Ladies'-tresses, Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses

Keith Bradley    kab_s_longilabris_5088

December    Lee County    FL

Wild Turkey Strand Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiranthes longilabris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Spiranthes longilabris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-12-005:
Spiranthes longilabris   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ibidium longilabre

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2153

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (when present)

FLOWER:
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:
Fall
Capsule

 

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