GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES
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Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak
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| Comanche County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 4-24 inches |
| Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September,October |
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| Stems: | | Flowering stems erect, green, simple, glabrous proximally, puberulent to stipitate-puberulent distally. | | Leaves: | | Basal, usually withering before anthesis; blade linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, .8 to 2 inches long, .4 to .8 inch wide, apex acute, base sheathing stem. | | Inflorescences: | | Spikes, terminal, 10-50-flowered, with 2-3 tight spirals of flowers; rachis moderately stipitate-puberulent; bracts ovate, .28 to .9 inch, apex acuminate. | | Flowers: | | Sepals 3, white, petal-like, lateral ones curved and spreading, often arching above flower, linear-lanceolate, .28 to .43 inch long, .06 to .12 inch wide; petals 3, white, distinct, linear, .28 to .43 inch; lip white, sometimes with yellow center, oblong-ovate, .2 to .5 inch long, .12 to .15 inch wide, not constricted medially, glabrous, margins crenulate. | | Fruits: | | Fruits Capsules, erect, ellipsoid to ovoid. Seeds numerous. | | Habitat: | | Calcareous tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies. | | Distribution: | | East 2/3 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | Spiranthes, coil and flower, alluding to the spirally arranged spike and magnicamporum great and plain. |
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