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Photographer: R.K. Kupfer
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Family Orchidaceae
Goodyera repens (L.) R.Br.
creeping rattlesnake-plantain, lesser rattlesnake-plantain
Goodyera: for John Goodyer (1592-1664)
repens: having creeping and rooting stems
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-14" tall forb; slender stems with 3-5 leaf-like bracts |
| Flower: | white, 6-parted, 1/4"- 2/5" wide, beak of lip less than half as long as the body of the flower;  inflorescence a 3 1/2" dense, cylindrical, spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers clustered only along one side of the less than 8' tall, sometimes spiraling stalk.; blooms July-Aug. |
| Leaf: | basal, oval to oblong, small, dark bluish-green usually with only white netting |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods, forests; in rich soil |
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