Goodyera fusca Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Goodyera

Characteristics

Plants terrestrial, 10-22 cm tall. Rhizome short, few noded. Stem erect, 1-3 cm, 5-8-leaved. Leaves rosulate at base of stem, green, without white markings, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 1.5-3.5 × 0.8-2 cm, apex obtuse or acute; petiole-like base and tubular sheath 0.8-1.8 cm. Peduncle pale green, 4.5-9 cm, sparsely pubescent, with 1-3 sterile bracts; rachis 3-9 cm, densely many flowered, secund or not; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 6-10 mm, basal ones exceeding flowers, pubescent, apex acuminate. Flowers opening weakly, white flushed with pale green, small; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform, 6-7 mm, densely pubescent. Sepals pubescent on outer surface, 1-veined; dorsal sepal oblong, 4-7 × 1.5-2 mm, concave, apex obtuse; lateral sepals oblong, oblique, 4-7 × 1.8-2.2 mm, apex subacute. Petals linear-oblong, falcate, 4-7 × 1.5-2 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lip broadly ovate, 3-5 × 2-2.5 mm; hypochile conspicuous and projecting beyond base of lateral sepals, concave-saccate, glabrous, with 2 ridges running parallel to midvein inside; epichile abruptly narrowed, narrowly oblong, apex obtuse, recurved. Column ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep. 2n = 32, 32 + 2B.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.22
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Goodyera fusca world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:636115-1
WFO ID wfo-0000974664
COL ID 3H2H9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Orchiodes fusca Hetaeria fusca Cystorchis fusca Epipactis fusca Goodyera fusca