Spiranthes praecox (Walter) S.Watson
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants 2–8 dm; basal lvs narrow, to 20 cm, 3–10 mm wide; cauline sheaths 4–6, with blades to 10 cm; infl elongate, its axis minutely glandular-hairy, the fls closely spaced in a single spiral or the spiral sometimes so tight as to create 3 or 4 vertical files of fls, these spreading or slightly deflexed, urceolate-cylindric, 5–10 mm, mainly white, the oblong lip with a yellowish center and prominent divergent green veins, glabrous below and distally so above, its basal callosities 0.5–1.2 mm, higher than thick. Moist or wet open places on the coastal plain from N.J. to Fla. and Tex. June, July.
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Common Names
giant ladies'-tresses