Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. 1833 Photo courtesy of Zachary Bradford

Part shadeCold Springand EARLY Summer

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 leafs 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

Galearis spectabilis f. albiflora (Ulke) C.F.Reed 1987 Photo courtesy of Zachary Bradford