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Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve Orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005 Uncommon in the mountains and northern piedmont of North Carolina, Puttyroot Orchid grows in rich woods. | |
Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve Orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005 Puttyroot Orchid produces a single leaf during the winter, which dies off in the spring before the flowering stalk is produced in the late spring/early summer. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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