General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches
Leaves: Other: Leafless
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Brown
Green
Purple
Other: Labellum is white and often heavily spotted with purple.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Spring Coralroot
  • Orchid
  • Early Southern Coralroot
  • Wister's Coralroot

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Location: Tennessee
Darrel Hess /  http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/hessd/e5242

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