Limodorum simpsonii Small
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Scape slender, erect, 3-7 dm. tall, bearing 1 or 2 short basal scales and usually but 1, linear, acute leaf 1-3 dm. long, borne near the base. Spike loosely few-flowered; bracts lanceolate, acute, usually much shorter than the ovary; flowers purple, rarely white; lateral sepals suborbicular, acute, about 18 mm. long; petals ovate-oblong, a little longer than the sepals; middle lobe of the lip 8-10 mm. wide, emarginate; capsule 1.5-2 cm. long.
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Distribution
Savannas and pine-lands, Andros : Florida ; Cuba. Determined by Mrs. Northrop as L. tuberosum L., and referred to that species by Cogniaux. Southern Grass-pink.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America|