familyOrchidaceae
subfamilyOrchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
genusSpiranthes
speciesSpiranthes casei
varietySpiranthes casei var. casei
Spiranthes casei var. casei
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 541.
Lip ovate to ovate-oblong, 5–7.5 mm, margins thin, delicately crisped, fringed, apex truncate.
Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Mesic to dry open sites in meadows, barrens, open woodlands, outcrops, roadsides, sand pits, old fields
Elevation: 0–550 m
Distribution
N.S., Ont., Que., Maine, Mich., N.H., N.Y., Pa., Vt., Wis.
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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separating +
self-pollination +
cordate +
truncate +
straight +
obtuse +
incurved +
prominent +
anthesis +
indehiscent +
parallel +
cylindric +
absent +
gaping +
symmetric +
curved +
inserted +
bisexual +
urceolate-tubular +
fleshy +
stalked +
3-carpellate +
connate +
Mesic to dry open sites in meadows, barrens, open woodlands, outcrops, roadsides, sand pits, old fields +
connate +
spreading +
persisting +
ascending;spreading +
darker +
glabrous +
thin +
modified +
differing in form and color +
absent +
sessile +
inferior +
cylindric +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
distinct +
ovate-elliptic;obovate +
subdivided +
clavate +
fertile +
reduced +
Rhodora +
1974 +
pubescent +
creeping +
tuberous +
fasciculate +
descending +
thickened +
fleshy +
polyembryonic +
numerous +
connivent +
greener +
distinct +
foliaceous +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
spiraled +
absent +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
absent +
adnate +
Spiranthes casei var. casei +
Spiranthes casei +
variety +
capitate +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
perennial +
terrestrial +
subterranean +