Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C.Mohr
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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 - Lvs very thin, spreading on the ground, elliptic, 5–10 cm, acute, tapering to the base; scape 2–4 dm, glandular-hairy, as also the axis and pedicels; sep white with green stripes, 5–6 mm, ovate to oblong; lateral pet white with greenish-yellow veins, broadly falcate-ovate, 5 mm, nearly as wide; lip arising near the middle of the column, rotund, white, veined with green, 6 mm, abruptly pointed. Bogs and wet woods on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla. and trop. Amer. Sept., Oct.
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Common Names
shadow-witch