OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Malaxis spicata   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis spicata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Malaxis spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Malaxis spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-001:

Malaxis spicata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Malaxis floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malaxis spicata

 

COMMON NAME:
 Florida Adder's-mouth

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image of Malaxis spicata, Florida Adder's-mouth

Jim Fowler    jafmspicata_3

September    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Similar in appearance and distribution to M. unifolia, but with 2-3 leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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image of Malaxis spicata, Florida Adder's-mouth

Jim Fowler    jafmspicata_close

September    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Plants bloom in Florida Aug-Feb; in Virginia June-Aug; in Pennsylvania in Sept, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Malaxis spicata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis spicata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Malaxis spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
 Malaxis spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-14-001:
 Malaxis spicata   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
 Malaxis floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Malaxis spicata

 

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2142

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Maritime swamp forests, calcareous but mucky swamps in the outer Coastal Plain, spring-fed swamps, wet hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Two stem leaves (rarely up to 5), subopposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish-orange/ Brownish/ Green
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in a terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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