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Photographer: R.K. Kupfer
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Family Orchidaceae
Listera cordata (L.) R.Br. var. cordata
heart-leaf twayblade
Listera: after Martin Lister (1638-1711), an English naturalist
cordata: heart-shaped
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-10" tall forb; stems smooth below but mostly fuzzy above the leaves |
| Flower: | green to purplish-red, 6-parted, 1/8"-1/4" wide, lip divided to the middle or more; inflorescence a 3/4"-4" terminal, spike-like cluster (raceme) with up to 25 stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | single pair, broad, opposite, stalkless, near the middle of the stem, 1/3"-1" long, much shorter than the stalk of the inflorescence |
| Habitat: | shady; wet; mossy conifer swamps |
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