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!Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. 1920

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Common Name The One Sided Brachystele

Flower Size

Found in Peru, Chile and Argentina at elevations of 20 to 900 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with basal, erect-patent, linear-acute, narrowing below into the base leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, 1.4 to 1.6" [3.5 to 4 cm] long, pubescent, densely many flowered,rachis 1.4 to 1.6" [3.5 to 4 cm] long, racemose, cylindrical, densely many flowered inflorescence with sucessively opening, fragrant flowers

In Chile the people use this plant as a diuretic. As to how I do not know.

Synonyms Brachystele lechleri Schltr. 1921; Brachystele nuil (Rich.) Schltr. 1921; Epipactis diuretica (Willd.) Stokes 1812; Gyrostachys unilateralis (Poir.) Kuntze 1891; Neottia diuretica Willd.1805; *Ophrys unilateralis Poir. 1798; Sarcoglottis diuretica (Willd.) Baxter 1850; Spiranthes diuretica (Willd.) Lindl. 1827; Spiranthes lechleri (Schltr.) C.Schweinf. 1941; Spiranthes nuil Rich.1817

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Encycl. 4: 569 Poir. 1798 as Ophrys unilateralis

Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 73 Willd. 1805 as Neottia diuretica

Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 301 Stokes 1812 as Epipactis diuretica

De Orchid. Eur.: 37 Rich. 1817 as Spiranthes nuil

Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Arts, n.s., 1: 54 Lindl. 1827 as Spiranthes diuretica

Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 634 W H Baxter 1850 as Sarcoglottis diuretica

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 663 Kuntze 1891 as Spiranthes diuretica

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 663 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys unilateralis

Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915? as Spiranthes diuretica;

* Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 374 Schlechter 1920

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 59 Schlechter 1921 as Brachystele lechleri