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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Liparis loeselii
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Liparis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis loeselii
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liparis loeselii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Liparis loeselii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-002:
Liparis loeselii FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Liparis loeselii
COMMON NAME:
Fen Orchid, Bog Twayblade, Loesel's Twayblade, Yellow Wide-lip Orchid
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lilo_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Liparis loeselii
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liparis loeselii
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liparis loeselii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Liparis loeselii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-15-002:
Liparis loeselii
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Liparis loeselii
3185
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: seepages at moderate to high elevations in the mountains, mucky bay swamps (dominated by Tamala palustris and Magnolia virginiana) at about sea level on the Outer Banks, wet meadows, and other moist, seepy habitats, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks or in other alkaline or circumneutral settings. Further northward often in rich fens or in mucky or peaty soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green or whitish
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p180
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p397
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p456
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p025
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