Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak

Great plains lady's tresses (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Spiranthes

Characteristics

Plants 7–60 cm. Roots few, descending, tuberous, mostly to 0.8 cm diam. Leaves fugaceous or rarely persisting to anthesis, basal, ascending, linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, to 16 × 1.5 cm. Spikes usually very tightly spiraled, 3–4 flowers per cycle of spiral; rachis moderately pubescent, some trichomes capitate, glands obviously stalked (longest trichomes 0.2–0.52 mm). Flowers abruptly nodding from base, white to ivory, gaping, lip not strongly curving from claw, not urceolate; sepals distinct to base, 5–14 mm; lateral sepals wide-spreading, commonly ascending above flower; petals linear to lance-oblong, 4.9–13 mm, apex acute to obtuse; lip commonly yellow centrally, ovate to oblong, 4.9–12 × 3.3–7 mm, margins crenulate, glabrous; veins several, branches parallel; basal calli short-conic, mostly to 1 mm; viscidia linear-lanceolate; ovary 4–10 mm. Seeds monoembryonic. 2n = 30.
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Much like no. 4 [Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich.]; plants with a strong almond-odor; lvs withering before anthesis; cauline sheaths 4–8, with erect, sheathing, often overlapping blades; lateral sep more spreading, often over the top of the fl; lip more yellowish, its basal callosities short and conical, usually less than 1 mm, as wide as high; 2n=30, but sometimes asexual. Open, calcareous prairies; Great Plains from N.D. to Tex., e. to nw. Ind. and irregularly to Ky., Mich., sw. Ont., and Pa. Sept., Oct.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Spiranthes magnicamporum world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Canada, Micronesia (Federated States of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:242733-2
WFO ID wfo-0000313294
COL ID 4Z6Z9
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Synonyms

Spiranthes magnicamporum