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Neottia convallarioides - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonymous with Listera convallarioides (Sw.) Nutt. ex Elliott

Habitat

Wet conifer forests, cedar swamps.

Associates

Distribution

Newfoundland to AK, south to MA, NY, MI, MN, and AZ.

Morphology

Herbaceous perennial to 30 cm; leaves broadly ovate, 3-5(-7) cm, longer than the peduncle, obtuse or subacute; axis, pedicels, and ovary glandular-puberulent; bracts 3-5 mm; flowers up to 20; sepals and lateral petals 4-5 mm, reflexed; lip greenish, translucent, cuneate, 9-10 mm, deeply retuse and about 5 mm wide at the apex, usually with a short (often obscure) tooth on each side near the narrow base; column 2.5-4 mm.

Notes

Flowers July to August

Wetland indicator: FACW

A rare hybrid with N. auriculata  is N. ×veltmanii (Case) Baumbach.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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