Hexalectris nitida L.O.Williams

Glass mountain crested coralroot (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Hexalectris

Characteristics

Stems pinkish, pale red, or brown-purple, 10–32 cm; sheathing bracts 3–5. Inflorescences: floral bracts ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 3–7 × 3 mm. Flowers 6–24, pedicellate; sepals and petals spreading and recurved, cleistogamous to chasmogamous; dorsal sepal narrowly oblong-elliptic, 8–13 × 3–4.5 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals obliquely elliptic to oblanceolate, rounded, slightly falcate, 7–12 × 3–4.5 mm; petals obovate to oblanceolate, falcate, 8–11 × 2–3.5 mm, apically rounded; lip shallowly 3-lobed, 7–11 × 4–8 mm, middle lobe suborbiculate, pink to purple, lateral lobes 1/3 length of middle lobe; minimal lamellae or slightly raised veins 5 or 7, near base of middle lobe, mostly obscured apically; column white, 6–8 mm; anther yellow. Capsules 15 × 5 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Hexalectris nitida world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:638811-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982233
COL ID 3LGGV
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Synonyms

Hexalectris nitida