Wister's Coralroot
Scientific Name:Corallorhiza wisteriana
Common Name Synonyms: Spring Coralroot


NOTES: Leafless, saprophytic (feeding, absorbing, or growing upon decaying organic matter), woodland orchid that does not contain chlorophyll.

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Wister's Coralroot
Genus species: Corallorhiza wisteriana
Common Names: Wister's Coralroot
Spring Coralroot
Family Name: Orchidaceae  
Perennial herbs; leaves various, simple and parallel-veined, sometimes absent; flowers bisexual, irregular, solitary or in spikes or racemes; fruit a capsule; seeds lack endosperm, requiring contact with a symbiotic fungus for successful germination; largest family of flowering plants (rivaled only by the Aster family), with possibly over 30,000 species.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
White
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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