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| + | Common Name(s): little ladies’-tresses, little pearl-twist<ref name="Weakley 2015">Weakley A. S.(2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref> | ||
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==Taxonomic Notes== | ==Taxonomic Notes== | ||
| − | ==Description== | + | Synonym(s): ''Spiranthes grayi''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><ref name="USDA"/> |
| − | <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | + | Varieties: ''S. tuberosa'' var. ''grayi''; ''S. tuberosa'' var. ''tuberosa''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> |
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| + | ==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ||
| + | ''Spiranthes tuberosa'' is a monoecious perennial forb/herb.<ref name="USDA">USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 10 January 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.</ref> | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | This species occurs in eastern portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, eastward to Floriday, northward to New York and Massachusetts, and inland to Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.<ref name="USDA"/> | ||
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==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | < | + | ''S. tuberosa'' can be found in well-drained woodlands and fields, sandhills, dry hammocks, and dry pine flatwoods.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> |
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| + | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
| + | Flowering occurs from June through September.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> However, other sources report flowering occurring in April through June and also in December. <ref name="PanFlora">Nelson G. (10 January 2018) PanFlora. Retrieved from gilnelson.com/PanFlora/</ref> Flowers are white. <ref name="Ladybird">Plant database: ''Spiranthes tuberosa''. (10 January 2018).Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SPTU</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:48, 11 January 2018
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| Photo by Michael Drummond hosted at Atlas of Florida Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Orchidales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Genus: | Spiranthes |
| Species: | S. tuberosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Spiranthes tuberosa Raf. | |
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| Natural range of Spiranthes tuberosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name(s): little ladies’-tresses, little pearl-twist[1]
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym(s): Spiranthes grayi[1][2] Varieties: S. tuberosa var. grayi; S. tuberosa var. tuberosa[1]
Description
Spiranthes tuberosa is a monoecious perennial forb/herb.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in eastern portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, eastward to Floriday, northward to New York and Massachusetts, and inland to Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
S. tuberosa can be found in well-drained woodlands and fields, sandhills, dry hammocks, and dry pine flatwoods.[1]
Phenology
Flowering occurs from June through September.[1] However, other sources report flowering occurring in April through June and also in December. [3] Flowers are white. [4]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley A. S.(2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 10 January 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- ↑ Nelson G. (10 January 2018) PanFlora. Retrieved from gilnelson.com/PanFlora/
- ↑ Plant database: Spiranthes tuberosa. (10 January 2018).Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SPTU
