| Genus species: | Spiranthes cernua | ||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Nodding Ladies' Tresses | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Identified by: | J.D. Mancini | ||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming. | |||||||||||
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