Hexalectris spicata

Hexalectris spicata
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order:	Orchidales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Genus:	Hexalectris
Species:	H. spicata
Binomial name
Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart
Natural range of Hexalectris spicata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Crested Coralroot (Nelson 2005)

Description

Hexalectris spicata is a perennial herbaceous species with rhizomes (FSU Herbarium).

Ecology

H. spicata is a saprophytic orchid (Nelson 2005).

Habitat

It is found in rich woods, stream banks, hardwood slope forests, mixed pine and hardwood forests, and shortleaf pine-oak-hickory forests (Nelson 2005).

Phenology

Blooming from June through August (Nelson 2005). It has also been observed fruiting in June and August (FSU Herbarium).

Photo Gallery

Photo taken by Gil Nelson

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Harry E. Ahles, Loran C. Anderson, Bill & Pam Anderson, A. F. Clewell, A. Gholson Jr., Robert K. Godfrey, John G. Haesloop, Dale R. Jackson, Rob Jemson, R. Kral, Mark Ludlow, Richard S. Mitchell, Jamie Trescott, Rodie White, and Lovett E. Williams. States and Counties: Alabama: Houston and Wilcox. Florida: Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Suwannee, and Wakulla. Georgia: Decatur, Grady, and Seminole. South Carolina: Bamberg.

Nelson, Gil. East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers. A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the East Gulf Coastal Plain, including Southwest Georgia, Northwest Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and Parts of Southeastern Louisiana. Guilford, CT: Falcon, 2005. 234. Print.