OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 74 taxa in the family Orchidaceae, Orchid family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

                   

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pink Lady's Slipper, Mocassin Flower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cypripedium acaule   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium acaule   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium acaule 049-01-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to mesic, acid forests and woodlands, often under pine, other conifers, and/or oaks

Common (uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large Yellow Lady's Slipper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens 049-01-002   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Rich mesic forests

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small Yellow Lady's Slipper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens 049-01-002?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic forests, seepy forests over amphibolite, other habitats

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Kentucky Yellow Lady's Slipper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cypripedium kentuckiense   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium kentuckiense   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy ravine bottoms and springhead seeps along small streams

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Showy Lady's Slipper, Queen Lady's Slipper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium reginae   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cypripedium reginae 049-01-003   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Fens, seepage swamps, and mesic forests, over circumneutral to basic rocks

Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia (doubtfully to NC)

 


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speaker icon Common Name: White Lady's Slipper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cypripedium candidum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cypripedium candidum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Calcareous barrens, bluffs, and fens

Native: north of the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Showy Orchis

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Galearis spectabilis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Galearis spectabilis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Orchis spectabilis 049-02-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, deciduous forests, most typically over calcareous or mafic rocks

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon SC Mountains, rare elsewhere in Carolinas

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera lacera   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera lacera   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria lacera 049-03-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, bogs, seepages

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria psycodes var. psycodes 049-03-003a   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Northern hardwood forests, other moist forests, seepages, bogs

Uncommon (rare in GA)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large Purple Fringed Orchid, Plume-royal, Greater Purple Fringed Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera grandiflora   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Platanthera grandiflora   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria psycodes var. grandiflora 049-03-003b   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, seepages, moist places at high elevations

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera peramoena   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera peramoena   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria peramoena 049-03-004   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, seepages, moist forests, moist meadows

Rare (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Michaux's Orchid, Long-horned Habenaria

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Habenaria quinqueseta   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Habenaria quinqueseta   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria quinqueseta 049-03-005   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet to mesic pine flatwoods, moist hardwood hammocks, Altamaha Grit outcrops, pine rocklands, ditches

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Water-spider Orchid, Floating Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Habenaria repens   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Habenaria repens   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria repens 049-03-006   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Blackwater swamps, pools, banks of creeks and rivers, marshes

Uncommon (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dessert-plate Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera orbiculata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria orbiculata 049-03-007   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Moist hardwood forests and seeps, especially over mafic, calcareous, or other more nutrient-rich substrates

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Orchid, Golden Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Arrow

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera integra   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera integra   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria integra 049-03-008   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains and Piedmont

Rare in Coastal Plain (historically in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Snowy Orchid, Bog-spike

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera nivea   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera nivea   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria nivea 049-03-009   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, acid seepages

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Platanthera flava var. flava   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera flava var. flava   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria flava var. flava 049-03-010a   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Shaded wet places, such as swampy forests

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Tubercled Rein Orchid, Northern Gypsy-spike

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Platanthera flava var. herbiola   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera flava var. herbiola   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria flava var. herbiola 049-03-010b   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, seepages

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small Green Wood Orchid, Club-spur Orchid, Woodland Orchid, Streamhead Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera clavellata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera clavellata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria clavellata var. clavellata 049-03-011   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Seepages, bogs, swamps, other wet places

Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Longbract Frog Orchid, Long-bracted Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dactylorhiza viridis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dactylorhiza viridis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria viridis var. bracteata 049-03-012   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small White Fringed Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera blephariglottis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (POSSIBLY MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis 049-03-013a   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large White Fringed Orchid, Southern White Fringed Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera conspicua   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis 049-03-013a?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, seepages, longleaf pine sandhill-pocosin ecotones

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Monkey-face Orchid, White Fringeless Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera integrilabia   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera integrilabia   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria blephariglottis var. integrilabia 049-03-013b?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, red maple-gum swamps, seeps and streambanks

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Fringed Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera ciliaris   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera ciliaris   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria ciliaris 049-03-014   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, moist roadbanks, meadows, pastures, bogs

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain) (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Crested Fringed Orchid, Golden Fringed Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Platanthera cristata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Platanthera cristata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Habenaria cristata 049-03-015   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs, moist roadsides

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Kidneyleaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade, Small's Twayblade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Neottia smallii   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Listera smallii   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Listera smallii 049-04-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Shaded swamps, wet slopes, nearly always beneath Rhododendron maximum

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Twayblade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Neottia bifolia   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Listera australis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Listera australis 049-04-003   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, second terraces in floodplain forests, wet woods under Rhododendron maximum, Coastal Plain bogs

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Three Birds Orchid, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triphora trianthophoros var. trianthophoros   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Triphora trianthophora   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Triphora trianthophora 049-05-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Humid forests and swamps, rhododendron thickets, especially on rotten logs or on humus, in the mountains often under hemlock

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large Whorled Pogonia, Large Five-leaves

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isotria verticillata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isotria verticillata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isotria verticillata 049-06-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic, mesic to dry forests

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small Whorled Pogonia, Little Five-leaves

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isotria medeoloides   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isotria medeoloides   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isotria medeoloides 049-06-002   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic mesic to dry-mesic forests, in the mountains and upper Piedmont usually with Pinus strobus

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pogonia ophioglossoides 049-07-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Savannas, bogs, especially in open peaty or gravelly situations

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Large Dragonhead Pogonia, Rosebud Orchid, Large Spreading Pogonia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cleistesiopsis divaricata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cleistes divaricata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleistes divaricata 049-08-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Appalachian Dragonhead Pogonia, Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia, Smaller Rosebud Orchid, Upland Spreading Pogonia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cleistesiopsis bifaria   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cleistes bifaria   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleistes divaricata 049-08-001?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry meadows, dry ridgetops under pines (where seasonally moist)

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Small Dragonhead Pogonia, Coastal Plain Small Spreading Pogonia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cleistesiopsis oricamporum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cleistes bifaria   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cleistes divaricata 049-08-001?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhill seepage bogs

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bog-rose, Dragon's-mouth, Arethusa

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arethusa bulbosa   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Arethusa bulbosa   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arethusa bulbosa 049-09-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Sphagnous bogs and seepage swamps

Rare (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bearded Grass-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Calopogon barbatus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon barbatus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calopogon barbatus 049-10-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pitcher plant bogs

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Grass-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calopogon pulchellus 049-10-002   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seeps, floating peat mats, in the Piedmont and Mountains in bogs, westward in wet prairies

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pale Grass-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Calopogon pallidus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon pallidus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calopogon pallidus 049-10-003   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Many-flowered Grass-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Calopogon multiflorus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calopogon multiflorus   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Moderately well-drained soils of pine savannas and pine flatwoods (often with Serenoa repens, within its distribution)

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Oklahoma Grass-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Calopogon oklahomensis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Calopogon oklahomensis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, prairies

Rare (historically in SC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Shadow Witch, Ponthieu's Orchid, Shadow-witch Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ponthieva racemosa   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ponthieva racemosa   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ponthieva racemosa 049-11-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands, floodplains, moist ravines, nearly always over calcareous rock ('marl' or coquina limestone)

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lesser Ladies'-tresses, Oval Ladies'-tresses, October Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes ovalis 049-12-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomland forests, hammocks, ravine forests

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Oval Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, mesic ravines

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes cernua   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes cernua var. cernua 049-12-002a   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, swamps, ditches, usually in acidic, sphagnous situations

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Ladies'-tresses, Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes ochroleuca   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes ochroleuca   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes cernua 049-12-002a?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Great Plains Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes magnicamporum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes magnicamporum   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Grassy barrens and glades over limestone or serpentine

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes odorata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes odorata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes cernua var. odorata 049-12-002b   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps and marshes, often emergent at the time of flowering in Taxodium and Nyssa swamps

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Little Ladies'-tresses, Little Pearl-twist

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes tuberosa   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes tuberosa   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes grayi 049-12-003   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: In a wide variety of habitats, especially relatively well-drained woodlands and fields, longleaf pine sandhills, dry hammocks, dry pine flatwoods

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Short-lipped Ladies'-tresses, Texas Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes brevilabris   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes brevilabris   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas and flatwoods

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eaton's Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes eatonii   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes eatonii   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, dry to moist pine flatwoods

Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes lacera var. lacera   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes lacera var. lacera   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Clearings, openings

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes gracilis var. gracilis 049-12-004a   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands

Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Florida Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes floridana   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes floridana   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana 049-12-004b   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, other moist sites

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Longhorn Ladies'-tresses, Giant Spiral Orchid, Giant Spiral Ladies'-tresses, Long-lipped Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes longilabris   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes longilabris   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes longilabris 049-12-005   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Grassleaf Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes praecox   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes praecox   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes praecox 049-12-006   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, swamps, bogs

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woodland Ladies'-tresses, Pale Green Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes sylvatica   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes praecox   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes praecox 049-12-006?   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine-oak forests and woodlands, live oak hammocks, interdune swales, rich dry forests, other woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Spring Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes vernalis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes vernalis   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes vernalis 049-12-007   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs, marshes, fairly dry fields

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses, Lace-lip Spiral Orchid

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes laciniata   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Spiranthes laciniata 049-12-008   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Shining Ladies'-tresses

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Spiranthes lucida   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Spiranthes lucida   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Sunny seepage over amphibolite or other basic rock, moist banks and shores

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Downy Rattlesnake-orchid, Downy Rattlesnake-plantain

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Goodyera pubescens   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Goodyera pubescens   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Goodyera pubescens 049-13-001   FAMILY: Orchidaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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