Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R.Br.
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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 - Stout, 2–4 dm; scape with 4–14 (avg 7) bracts; lf-blades ovate or lance-ovate, 3–6 cm, the dark green midrib flanked by a pair of broad white stripes, and the primary and secondary lateral veins forming a white reticulum; infl dense, cylindric, 4–10 cm; galea broadly elliptic, very convex, 4–5.5 mm, upturned at the tip; lateral sep broadly ovate to obovate, 3.5–5 mm, abruptly short-acuminate; lip subglobose, 3.5–5 mm, its straight beak less than 1 mm, scarcely projecting beyond the ventricose body; rostellar beak obsolete; 2n=26. Dry woods; s. Me. and s. Que. to Minn., s. to S.C., Ga., Ala., and Ark. July, Aug. (Epipactis p.; Peramium p.)
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Common Names
downy rattlesnake-plantain