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Photographer: Jeff Hapeman
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Family Orchidaceae
Spiranthes lucida (H.H.Eaton) Ames
shampoo orchid, shining lady's-tresses, wide-leaved lady's-tresses
Spiranthes: from the Greek speira, "spiral," and anthos, "flower," referring to the coiled or spiral character of the inflorescence, and hence the common nameladies tresses"
lucida: shining, clear
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-11" tall forb; stems with 2-3 scale-like leaves between the main leaves and the inflorescence |
| Flower: | white, 6-parted, lip 1/4" long, smooth, bright yellow; inflorescence a 3/4"-2 3/4" dense, spike-like spiral (raceme) of usually 3 stalks with 3-4 flowers per cycle; blooms June-July, earliest blooming of this genus |
| Leaf: | basal, lance-like to oblong, persisting through and past flowering |
| Habitat: | damp; woods, shores of large rivers, fens, calcareous (hard water) seeps |
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