Neottia smithii (Schltr.) Szlach.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Neottia

Characteristics

Plants autotrophic, 9-12 cm tall. Rhizome with several elongate, filiform roots. Stem slender, with 2 sheaths toward base. Leaves 2, opposite, borne above middle of plant, sessile, green, ovate or ovate-orbicular, 1.3-1.7 × 1.2-1.6 cm, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex obtuse or subacute. Peduncle pubescent; rachis 1.5-4 cm, pubescent, laxly 2-5-flowered; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 4 mm. Flowers small, resupinate, green with paler sepals and petals and a whitish margin to lip; pedicel ca. 3 mm, pubescent; ovary ca. 2 mm, sparsely pubescent. Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic, ca. 3 × 1.2 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, falcate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm. Petals linear-ligulate, oblique, ca. 2.8 × 0.4 mm, apex obtuse; lip spreading forward, obovate, ca. 8 × 2.5-3 mm, margin minutely papillose-ciliate, apex deeply 2-lobed; lobes almost parallel, linear-lanceolate, oblique, ca. 2.7 mm; sinus with a triangular tooth between lobes; anther inclined toward rostellum; rostellum broadly ovate, large. Fl. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.12
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Distribution

Neottia smithii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:988008-1
WFO ID wfo-0000250637
COL ID 73WWZ
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Synonyms

Listera smithii Neottia smithii