Malaxis monophyllos |
Orchidaceae subfam. epidendroideae |
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Adder's-mouth orchid, one-leaf malaxis, white Adder's-mouth |
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Habit | Plants 3–25(–30) cm. | |||||
Leaves | within proximal 1/3 of stem; blade narrowly to broadly elliptic. |
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Inflorescences | spicate racemes, 1–12 cm. |
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Flowers | 5–80, resupinate or not; sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, margins revolute or not, apex acuminate; petals reflexed, filiform to linear or linear-lanceolate, apex rounded; lip ovate to broadly triangular, concave, base truncate, with forward-directed lobes, apex unlobed, acuminate; column 0.4–0.8 × 0.4–0.8 mm; pollinia yellow. |
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Capsules | ascending, ellipsoid, 5 × 3 mm. |
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Pseudobulbs | 5–10 mm diam. |
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Malaxis monophyllos |
Orchidaceae subfam. epidendroideae |
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Distribution |
n North America; Eurasia
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 629. | FNA vol. 26. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orchidaceae > subfam. Epidendroideae > tribe Malaxideae > Malaxis | Orchidaceae | ||||
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Synonyms | Ophrys monophyllos | |||||
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Swartz: Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 234. (1800) | Lindley: Lindley, Coll. Bot., App 1826 | ||||
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