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Photographer: R.K. Kupfer
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Family Orchidaceae
Corallorhiza trifida Châtel.
early coralroot, northern coralroot, yellow coralroot
Corallorhiza: from the Greek korallion, "coral," and rhiza, "root," for the coral-shaped roots
trifida: three-cleft
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall forb, no chlorophyll, yellowish to greenish |
| Flower: | yellowish to greenish, 6-parted, 3/8" wide, lip with small side lobes below the middle, white and sometimes with purple spots; inflorescence a 3/4"- 3" terminal, spike-like cluster (raceme) with 5-15 stalked flowers; blooms May-July |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods |
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