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Showy orchid
Galearis spectabilis
39.9037, -76.3642
Field Notes
Description:
Plants 5–20 cm. Leaves: blades 9–20 × 2–10 cm. Inflorescences: floral bracts lanceolate to elliptic, 15–80 × 5–20 mm. Flowers showy; sepals pink-magenta (rarely white), ovate to elliptic, concave, 10–20 × 4–6 mm; lip white (rarely pink-magenta), rhombic- to lance-ovate, 10–18 × 6–15 mm, margins entire or irregularly cuneate, spur conspicuous, clavulate, 9–20 mm, apex obtuse. Capsules erect, ellipsoid, somewhat triangular in cross section. 2n = 42. [source: http://www.efloras.org]
Habitat:
Spotted beside a path in a hardwood forest.
Notes:
Found at Schenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve, Pennsylvania.
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