Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.
Detail
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Botanical Name
- Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.
- Common Name
- Little Ladies'-tresses
- Synonym(s)
- Spiranthes grayi Ames
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.
- Comments
- Habitat
- Dry open forests, old fields, clearings, road banks, and other dry, open sites; often grows among mosses and Cladonia spp. (reindeer lichens) that have colonized thin, eroded soils. Infrequent in the Piedmont and n. Coastal Plain; rare elsewhere.
- Native Status
- Native
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