Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. 1833 Photo courtesy of Zachary Bradford
and EARLY 
Common Name The Showy Galearis
Flower Size about 1" [2.5 cm]
A cold growing species from eastern Canada to Iowa and Arkansas and then south to Georgia and Alabama with two leaves and blooms in the spring and early summer on a terminal, erect, to 4" [10 cm] long, racemose, several [1 to 15] flowered inflorescence with leaf-like floral bracts.
SynonymsGalearis biflora Raf. 1833; Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. 1833; Galearis spectabilis f. albiflora (Ulke) C.F.Reed 1987; Galearis spectabilis f. gordinieri (House) R.E.Whiting & Catling 1982; Galearis spectabilis f. willeyi (F.Seym.) P.M.Br. 1988; Galeorchis spectabilis f. gordinieri House 1923; Habenaria spectabilis (L.) Spreng. 1826; Orchis humilis Michx. 183?; Orchis spectabilis L. 1753; Orchis spectabilis f. albiflora Ulke 1938; Orchis spectabilis f. willeyi F.Seym. 1970
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 5 1964 photo as Orchid spectabilis; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 5 1984 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 No 6/536 1991 photo; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 1993; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 5 1997 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 6 2002 photo ;
Galearis spectabilis f. albiflora (Ulke) C.F.Reed 1987
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