Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong. 1832

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Common Name Western Coral-Root - Mertens' Corallorhiza

Found in the western USA and Canada at elevatons of 100 to 700 meters as a saprophytic leafless terrestrial that grows cool to cold and blooms on an erect, reddish, racemose many flowered inflorescence occuring in the late spring and summer .

Synonyms Corallorrhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & R.L.Taylor 1965; Corallorrhiza mertensiana f. albolabia P.M.Br. 1995; Corallorrhiza mertensiana f. pallida P.M.Br. 1995; Corallorrhiza purpurea L.O.Williams 1932; Corallorrhiza vancouveriana Finet 1909 ; Neottia mertensiana (Bong.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;