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Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart

Spiked crested coralroot (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Hexalectris

Characteristics

Stems: sheathing bracts 3–5. Inflorescences: floral bracts lanceolate to triangular-ovate, 5–10 × 2–6 mm. Flowers 5–25; pedicels 8–20 mm; lateral sepals oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, falcate, apex acute; petals weakly to strongly recurved, elliptic, oblong-obovate, oblanceolate, or obovate, falcate; lip ovate to obovate, clawed, shallowly 3-lobed, fissure between lobes less than 2 mm deep, middle lobe ovate to suborbiculate, margins undulate, apically rounded to truncate, lateral lobes incurved, broadly rounded to obtuse, margins entire, apically triangular to rounded; lamellae 5(–7), central, purple to white; column white to yellowish white, apically winged, 11–18 mm; anthers whitish to yellow.
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Stems 3–8 dm, purplish, glaucous; raceme 1–3 dm, with 5–15(–25) short-pedicellate, spreading or drooping fls from the axils of lance-ovate bracts; sep oblanceolate, 2 cm, spreading and distally recurved, slightly exceeding the lateral pet, which are often held closely over the column; lip 1.5 cm, its lateral lobes with 3 or 4 curved purple veins, the terminal lobes with a median purple and white vein and ca 6 purple lateral ridges; column white, ca 15 mm. Woods; Md. to O. and Mo., s. to Fla. and Mex. July, Aug. (H. aphylla)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Hexalectris spicata world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1185051-2
WFO ID wfo-0000982236
COL ID 3LGGY
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Synonyms

Hexalectris spicata f. wilderi Hexalectris spicata f. lutea Bletia aphylla Corallorhiza spicata Hexalectris aphylla Hexalectris aphylla Hexalectris spicata Hexalectris squamosa Hexalectris spicata f. albolabia Hexalectris spicata var. spicata Arethusa spicata
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