Benton County, MO (Zone 5a) | September 2008 | positive
This plant grows wild here in the Ozarks. It differs from a similar species, Spiranthes tuberosa, the latter being under 10 inches tall,...Read More having more irregular spirals and no green spot on the lower lip of the flower.
It differs from Spiranthes cernua by the flowers being only about 1/4 inch long where the latter has larger flowers, up to 1/2 inch long, the mouth of the flower sometimes being yellow and also having a vanilla scent, where I believe that Spiranthes Lacera does not.
By the time it flowers, the basal leaves are gone.
This plant grows wild here in the Ozarks. It differs from a similar species, Spiranthes tuberosa, the latter being under 10 inches tall,...Read More