OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Corallorhiza odontorhiza

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

Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza

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

Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-002:

Corallorhiza odontorhiza   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Corallorrhiza micrantha

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

Corallorrhiza odontorhiza

 

COMMON NAME:
Autumn Coralroot


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image of Corallorhiza odontorhiza, Autumn Coralroot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cood_001_lvd

        

image of Corallorhiza odontorhiza, Autumn Coralroot

Jim Fowler    jafcoralodo_group2030927

September    Greenville County    SC

Small purplish-green flowers open only slightly and have a spotted white lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Corallorhiza odontorhiza, Autumn Coralroot

Jim Fowler    jafcoralodon_group030927

September    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza   FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-20-002:
Corallorhiza odontorhiza   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza micrantha

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corallorrhiza odontorhiza

 

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366

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, especially under oaks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)

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LEAVES:
None

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white & purplish-green
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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