Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Orchidaceae

Spiranthes - [maps | photos]

• Spiranthes cernua (L.) L.C. Rich
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: nodding ladies'-tresses

• Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Southern slender ladies'-tresses
  Synonyms:
  

         • Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) Beck

• Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. var. lacera
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Northern slender ladies'-tresses

• Spiranthes lucida (Eaton) Ames (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: shining ladies'-tresses

• Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Great Plains ladies tresses

• Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: yellow ladies'-tresses
  Synonyms:
  

         • Spiranthes cernua (L.) L.C. Rich. var. ochroleuca (Rydb.) Ames

• Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: marsh ladies'-tresses
  Synonyms:
  

         • Spiranthes cernua (L.) L.C. Rich. var. odorata (Nutt.) Correll

• Spiranthes ovalis Lindl.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: October ladies'-tresses

• Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: little ladies'-tresses
  Synonyms:
  

         • Spiranthes grayi Ames

• Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A. Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: spring ladies'-tresses

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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