NameThatPlant.net: Malaxis spicata

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

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You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.

Learn more about Florida Adder's-mouth Orchid from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malaxis spicata FAMILY Orchidaceae

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

Malaxis spicata FAMILY Orchidaceae

COMMON NAME:
Florida Adder's-mouth

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

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

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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