WorldFloraDB - Tipularia discolor

Characteristics

Lf basal, 5–10 × 2.5–7 cm, somewhat plicate, green above, purplish beneath, on a 5 cm petiole, withering in the spring; scape produced in midsummer, 2–5 dm, very slender; infl 1–2 dm; fls many; sep and lateral pet 4–8 mm, pale greenish-purple with purple veins, spreading, one pet overlapping the dorsal sep; lip pale purple, 4–8 mm, its basal lobes nearly semicircular, erose, with forwardly directed tip, the terminal lobe linear, arcuate, its margins revolute, the apex minutely notched; spur 15–22 mm; column 3–4 mm; fr pendulous. Rich damp woods; se. Mass. and s. N.Y. to s. Mich., s. to Fla. and e. Tex. June–Aug. (T. unifolia)

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Plants 10–65 cm. Corms 7–30 (–50) mm diam. Stems scapose, glabrous, basally 1–2-sheathed. Leaves persisting over winter; petioles 3–15 cm; blade purple abaxially, green or greenish purple adaxially, ovate, 5–10.5 × 2.5–7 cm. Inflorescences 8–28 cm; floral bracts 0.2 mm. Flowers green, pale greenish yellow, or greenish purple, (5–)10–55; sepals distinct and free, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–8 × 1.5–2.8 mm; petals linear-oblong to oblong-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, 4–7 × 1–1.8 mm; lip 5–8 × 2.5–3 mm, with 2 prominent basal lobes, spur 10–23 mm; column 2.5–4 mm. Capsules 9–12 × 4–5 mm.

An orchid.

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Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
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It is a temperate plant.

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