Corallorhiza striata var. striata
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Corallorhiza macraei A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 634.
Racemes 10–67 cm. Flowers 5–35, showy; sepals and petals open, spreading, usually not nodding; sepals 8–18 mm; petals 7–18 mm; lip 7–16.5 × 4.4–8.5 mm; column 4–6.5 mm. Capsules 12–30 mm. 2n = 42.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Coniferous, deciduous, and mixed woods, lakeshores, swamps
Elevation: 0–2600 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Ont., Que., Sask., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wash., Wis., Wyo.
Discussion
A parasitic wasp (Pimplinae, Ichneumonidae) has been found visiting flowers and removing pollinia of Corallorhiza striata var. striata, our most striking and largest flowered coral-root (J. V. Freudenstein 1997).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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operculate +
separating +
incumbent +
self-pollination +
boat-shaped +
not bulbous +
indehiscent +
sheathing +
3;4 +
tubular +
reduced +
ellipsoid +
curved +
partial +
absent +
symmetric +
epigynous +
showy +
5;35 +
chasmogamous +
pendent +
ellipsoid;slightly obovoid +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
Present +
glabrous +
connate +
thickened +
deep +
upturned +
modified +
differing in form and color +
absent +
small +
compound +
inferior +
ellipsoid-obovoid +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
connivent +
closed +
spreading +
open +
purple +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
subdivided +
superimposed +
yellow +
unequal +
fertile +
reduced +
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl., +
1840 +
flowered +
dense +
branching +
creeping +
coralloid +
triangular +
minute +
numerous +
cylindric-fusiform +
open +
purple +
foliaceous +
closed +
longitudinal +
various +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
erect +
glabrous +
proliferous +
thickened +
triangular +
absent +
adnate +
Corallorhiza striata var. striata +
Corallorhiza striata +
variety +
stolonoid +
darker +
multilayered +
spongy +
perennial +
subterranean +
mycotrophic +