EcoFlora - Cephalanthera

Cephalanthera
Family: Orchidaceae	FNA Resources Charles J. Sheviak & Paul M. Catling in Flora of North America (vol. 26) Herbs, perennial, achlorophyllous. Roots fleshy, slender, scattered along slender rhizome. Stems leafy. Leaves several, alternate; blade spreading, plicate, or reduced to appressed sheathing bracts. Inflorescences terminal, solitary spikes, lax; floral bracts often foliaceous, large to minute, scarious distally. Flowers few-many, resupinate, sessile, showy; lip white with yellow markings, divided by median constriction, saccate, distal end with fleshy parallel adaxial lamellae; pollinaria absent; pollinia 2; viscidia absent. Fruits capsules.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora Cephalanthera austinae Map not Available Cephalanthera austiniae Map not Available Cephalanthera damasonium Map not Available Cephalanthera ensifolia Map not Available Cephalanthera erecta Map not Available Cephalanthera falcata Map not Available Cephalanthera grandiflora Map not Available Cephalanthera kotschyana Map not Available Cephalanthera kurdica Map not Available Cephalanthera longibracteata Map not Available Cephalanthera longifolia Map not Available Cephalanthera nanchuanica Media not available Map not Available Cephalanthera oregana Map not Available Cephalanthera pallens Map not Available Cephalanthera rubra Map not Available