Spotted: a native orchid with snake-patterned leaves in the woods
A citizen scientist documented a confirmed sighting of downy rattlesnake plantain, a native woodland orchid known for its snakeskin-patterned leaves, in the United States.
Goodyera, commonly called rattlesnake plantain, jade orchids or ladies' tresses is a wide-ranging genus of orchids in the tribe Cranichideae. About 100 species of Goodyera have been formally described. With a center of diversity in East Asia, Goodyera is found across Europe, Madeira, North and Central America, Australia, and on islands from the west Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. They have a rosette of leaves at their base and usually many small white resupinate flowers. They are similar to orchids in the genus Spiranthes but can be distinguished from them by the shape and colour patterns of the leaves.
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A citizen scientist documented a confirmed sighting of downy rattlesnake plantain, a native woodland orchid known for its snakeskin-patterned leaves, in the United States.
Downy rattlesnake plantain is one of the few native orchids you might actually stumble across on a shaded forest walk near...