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Photographer: R.K. Kupfer
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Family Orchidaceae
Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.
giant rattlesnake-plantain, Menzies's giant rattlesnake-plantain, western rattlesnake-plantain
Goodyera: for John Goodyer (1592-1664)
oblongifolia: oblongus for "longer than wide, oblong;" folia for "leaf"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-20" tall forb; stems stout, single; from creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | white to greenish, 6-parted, 1/3" - 1/2" wide, beak of lip half or more as long as the body of flower;  inflorescence a 1-sided, 8"-16" tall, spike-like cluster (raceme) in a dense to loose spiral of stalked flowers; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | basal, oblong, 2"-4" long; clasping, usually with only the midrib white |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; coniferous forests |
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