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hooded lady's tresses

Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Photo by KarenSaxton
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43.1771, -124.188

Field Notes

Description:

small white flowers on green stalks about 6-8 inches tall. No apparent leaves, but that could because the hillside was just mown. This is a species of native orchid

Habitat:

roadside

Notes:

This is the first one I've seen - just seems to have popped up

Species ID Suggestions

Turtlehead

Chelone glabra

Reference Link
lynne.warren
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Comments (4)
KarenSaxton
From the pictures I"d say romanzoffiana, Thank you!
Aarongunnar
there are 2 Spiranthes found in the Pacific NW, and they're pretty difficult to tell apart without close inspection: Spiranthes porrifolia and S. romanzoffiana. Some put S. porrifolia as a subsp. or var. of S. romanzoffiana.
KarenSaxton
It looks more like the spiranthes (cernua) than the turtlehead, but both of them are restricted to east of the Mississippi.
Aarongunnar
looks like a ladies tresses orchid, genus: Spiranthes. not sure which species though.
Photographed
PublishedJuly 25, 2011

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