Spiranthes triloba (Small) K.Schum. 1898
Photos by © Floyd Griffith
Common Name The Three-Lobed Spiranthes [refers to the lip]
Flower Size
Found in Lee county of Florida in sand as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with several cord-like roots giving rise to mostly basal, oblong to elliptic-oblong, acute, basally sheathing leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, peduncle 12 to 20" [30 to 50 cm] long, provided with a few sheathing bracts, rachis 1.6 to 3.2" [4 to 8 cm] long, several dflowered inflorescence with acuminate, shorter than the flowers floral bracts.
Separated from all others by its oblong to elliptic-oblong leaves and the 3 lobed lip.
Synonyms *Gyrostachys triloba Small 1898; Spiranthes itchetuckneensis P.M.Br. 1999 Triorchis trilobus (Small) House 1920
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 610 Small 1898 as Gyrostachys triloba
*Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 339 K Schum. 1898
Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 206 House 1920 as Triorchis trilobus
N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 5: 362 P M Brown 1999 as Spiranthes x itchetuckneensis
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