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Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. 1834

Photo by Wilford Neptune

Flower Closeup

Photo by Eric Hunt

Drawing

Drawing by Carl Luer

Common Name Fragrant Ladie's Tresses

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma in woodlands, grassy alkaline marshes, and wet depressions in grasslands as a medium szied, cold growing, aquatic to semi-aquatic terrestrial species with a slender to stout, pubescent above, blunt to capitate haired stem carrying 3 to 6, linear-oblanceolate, bourne on the lower part of the stem leaves that blooms in the fall till spring on an erect, terminal, to 3' [to 90 cm] long, many flowered, spicate inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying strongly fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Gyrostachys odorata (Nutt.) Kuntze 1891; Ibidium odoratum (Nutt.) House 1906; *Neottia odorata Nutt. 1834; Spiranthes cernua subsp. odorata (Nutt.) Kreutz & M.H.Schot 2016; Spiranthes cernua [L.] L. C. Rich. var odorata [Nutth.] Correll 1940; Triorchis odorata [Nutth.] Nieuwl. 1913; Triorchis triloba [Sm.] House 1920

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 98 Nutt 1834 as Neottia odorata

* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 467 Lindley 1840

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys odorata

Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Vol 1: 152 Ames 1905;

Muhlenbergia 1: 128 House 1906 as Ibidium odoratum

Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 123 Nieuwl. 1913 as Triorchis odorata

Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 79 Correll 1940 as Spiranthes cernua var odorata

The Native Orchids of Florida Luer 1972 as S cernua var odorata drawing/photos fide;

The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing/photos fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 1 1984 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 4 1985 photo fide;