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Sphinx Ladies' Tresses

Spiranthes incurva

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Field Notes

Description:

Flowers are tubular, white or creamy & fragrant. Petals & sepals form a hood over the lip which is fiddle-shaped. The lip is constricted so that it is narrowest about two-thirds of the way from base to tip.

Habitat:

Roadside edge of cedar woods.

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Ontario Wildlife
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2014

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