Corallorrhiza striata Lindl. 1840
Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
Floral Closeup Photo courtesy of Carl Austin of Orchid Species in Flask Ltd.
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Common Name Striped Coral-Root
Flower Size 1/4" [6mm]
Found in the Western US and Canada in boggy or wet damp areas as a small sized, cool to cold growing, saprophytic, leafless, terrestrial orchid that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an erect, terminal, purple or reddish, glabrous, few to many [5 to 20] flowered, 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm] long, racemose inflorescence.
Synonyms Corallorrhiza bigelovii S.Watson 1877; Corallorrhiza ehrenbergii Rchb.f. 1850; Corallorrhiza involuta Greenm. 1898; Corallorrhiza macraei A.Gray 1856; Corallorrhiza ochroleuca Rydb. 1904; Corallorrhiza striata f. eburnea P.M.Br. 1994; Corallorrhiza striata f. flavida (T.A.Todsen & Todsen) P.M.Br. 1995; Corallorrhiza striata f. fulva Fernald 1946; Corallorrhiza striata var. flavida T.A.Todsen & Todsen 1971; Corallorrhiza striata var. involuta (Greenm.) Freudenst. 1997; Corallorrhiza striata var. vreelandii (Rydb.) L.O.Williams 1934; Corallorrhiza vreelandii Rydb. 1901; Neottia bigelowii (S.Watson) Kuntze 1891; Neottia ehrenbergii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Neottia striata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985 as Corallorrhiza involuta
