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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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This species occurs in eastern portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, eastward to Florida, northward to New York and Massachusetts, and inland to Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.<ref name="USDA"/>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==

Revision as of 10:09, 22 January 2018

Spiranthes tuberosa
Spiranthes tuberosa AFP.jpg
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.
SPIR TUBE DIST.JPG
Natural range of Spiranthes tuberosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name(s): little ladies’-tresses, little pearl-twist[1]

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 Florida, 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. 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. 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.
  3. Nelson G. (10 January 2018) PanFlora. Retrieved from gilnelson.com/PanFlora/
  4. Plant database: Spiranthes tuberosa. (10 January 2018).Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SPTU