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Photographer: R.K. Kupfer
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Family Orchidaceae
Malaxis monophyllos (L.) Sw. var. brachypoda (A.Gray) F.J.A.Morris & E.A.Eames
North American white adder's-mouth, white adder's-mouth
Malaxis: from the Greek for "soft" from the texture of the leaves
monophyllos: monos for "one;" phyllon for "leaf"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-10" tall forb; stems naked between leaves and inflorescence |
| Flower: | greenish to white, 6-parted, 1/8"-1/5" wide, not upside down; lip not bearded, narrowly pointed, not split; inflorescence very narrow, spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers |
| Leaf: | one above the base of the stem, clasping with sheath going to the base of the stem |
| Habitat: | damp; woods, bogs, calcareous swamps |
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 Sw. var. brachypoda (A.Gray) F.J.A.Morris @ E.A.Eames&phog=Emmet J. Judziewicz&spcode=MALMONvBRA)
 Sw. var. brachypoda (A.Gray) F.J.A.Morris @ E.A.Eames&phog=Kenneth J. Sytsma&spcode=MALMONvBRA)
 Sw. var. brachypoda (A.Gray) F.J.A.Morris @ E.A.Eames&phog=Kurt Stüber&spcode=MALMONvBRA)
 Sw. var. brachypoda (A.Gray) F.J.A.Morris @ E.A.Eames&phog=R.K. Kupfer&spcode=MALMONvBRA)
