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Amerorchis
Family:
Orchidaceae
FNA
Resources
Charles J. Sheviak & Paul M. Catling in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs, perennial, rather succulent. Roots scattered along rhizome, slender, fleshy. Stems scapose. Leaves solitary, basal, spreading, conduplicate; petioles inconspicuous, sheathing or clasping stem; blade orbiculate to broadly elliptic, ovate, obovate, or lance- or oblance-elliptic. Inflorescences terminal, solitary spikes, lax; floral bracts foliaceous. Flowers few to several, resupinate, showy; lip spurred at base, deeply 3-lobed, middle lobe notched, margins entire to crenate or erose; pollinaria 2; pollinia 2; viscidia within single 2-lobed bursicle; stigma flat, narrowly reniform to obcordate, ends flanking bursicle. Fruits capsules.
Species within checklist:
Maine Plants
Amerorchis rotundifolia
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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