Wister's Coralroot
Synonyms: Spring Coralroot
Scientific Name: Corallorhiza wisteriana
Leafless, saprophytic (feeding, absorbing, or growing upon decaying organic matter), woodland orchid that does not contain chlorophyll.
Wister's Coralroot
Synonyms: Spring Coralroot
Scientific Name: Corallorhiza wisteriana
Wister's Coralroot
| Genus species: | Corallorhiza wisteriana | |||||||||||
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| Common Names: | Wister's Coralroot, Spring Coralroot | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Orchidaceae 
Perennial herbs; leaves various, simple and parallel-veined, sometimes absent; flowers bisexual, irregular, solitary or in spikes or racemes; fruit a capsule; seeds lack endosperm, requiring contact with a symbiotic fungus for successful germination; largest family of flowering plants (rivaled only by the Aster family), with possibly over 30,000 species. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Green/Brown White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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