Spiranthes odorata

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Family:ORCHIDACEAE
Species:Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
Common Name:Fragrant Ladies' Tresses; Marsh Ladies' Tresses
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SPOD
Plant Notes:Fragrant Ladies' Tresses is a native perennial wildflower in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). It occurs in scattered locations throughout Alabama. Fragrant Ladies' Tresses grows in sloughs, on floodplains, and in swamps. It often grows on sites that are flooded for long periods of time. Fragrant Ladies' Tresses has a basal rosette of long strap shaped leaves. The flowers are white and occur in a tight spiral on a spike that is up to eighteen inches in height. The flowers are fragrant. In addition to reproducing by seed, Fragrant Ladies' Tresses produces vegetative offshoots from its long cord-like roots, giving rise to colonies of connected plants. Fragrant Ladies' Tresses is one of the few native terrestrial orchids that is relatively easy to grow in a garden setting. It is available from some nurseries and is often labeled as “Spiranthes cernua var. odorata”. A cultivar known as 'Chadds Ford' produces slightly larger flowers. Fragrant Ladies' Tresses grows best in full or partial shade with rich, moist soil high in organic matter.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyORCHIDACEAE - Orchid family
Genus Spiranthes
Species Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. - Fragrant Ladies' Tresses; Marsh Ladies' Tresses

Citation

Citation Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 467. 1840.
Basionym: Neottia odorata Nutt. 1834.
Type: USA: NORTH CAROLINA: Craven Co.: Along the shores of the Neuse River, New Bern, s.d., without collector s.n. (lectotype: PH). Lectotypified by Sheviak, New York State Mus. Bull. 448: 18, 20. 1982.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Gyrostachys constricta Gyrostachys constricta Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 609. 1898. LOUISIANA: Without data, Oct, Hale 444 (holotype: NY).
Gyrostachys triloba Gyrostachys triloba Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 610. 1898. FLORIDA: Lee Co.: Fort Myers ("Meyer"), 11 Dec 1891, Simpson 368 (holotype: NY).
Gyrostachys odorata Gyrostachys odorata (Nuttall) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664. 1891.Neottia odorata Nuttall 1834. 
Ibidium odoratum Ibidium odoratum (Nuttall) House, Muhlenbergia 1: 128. 1906.Neottia odorata Nuttall 1834. 
Ibidium trilobum Ibidium trilobum (Small) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2. 320. 1913.Gyrostachys triloba Small 1898. 
Neottia odorata Neottia odorata Nuttall, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 98. 1834. NORTH CAROLINA: Craven Co.: Along the shores of the Neuse River, New Bern, s.d., without collector s.n. (lectotype: PH). Lectotypified by Sheviak, New York State Mus. Bull. 448: 18, 20. 1982.
Spiranthes constricta Spiranthes constricta (Small) K. Schumann, Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 339. 1904.Gyrostachys constricta Small 1898. 
Spiranthes cernua var. odorata Spiranthes cernua (Linnaeus) Richard, var. odorata (Nuttall) Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 8: 79. 1940.Neottia odorata Nuttall 1834. 
Triorchis odorata Triorchis odorata (Nuttall) Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 123. 1913.Neottia odorata Nuttall 1834. 
Triorchis triloba Triorchis triloba (Small) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 206. 1920.Gyrostachys triloba Small 1898. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Geneva, Houston, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Montgomery, Morgan

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UNAF, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0043763 Baldwin 24 Oct 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1255		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
ALNHS00006712 Baldwin 05 Nov 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4995		 ALNHS
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
UWAL0049732 Lauderdale 10 Oct 2017 Webb, David H.
8508		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindley
AMAL00012761 Houston 12 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62918		 AMAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
UWAL0015403 Baldwin 14 Oct 2012 England, J. Kevin
4000		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
UWAL0030509 Morgan 20 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5778		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
UWAL0050318 Geneva 23 Oct 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29136		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
JSU113631 Baldwin 8 Oct 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10873		 JSU
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
TROY000038941 Butler 18 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24670		 TROY
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
UWAL0047071 Jackson 24 Sep 2009 Webb, David H.
7196		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
UWAL0015812 Butler 18 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24670		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
TROY000011380 Houston 03 Oct 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13568		 TROY
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
UWAL0033196 Montgomery 08 May 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27373		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindley
UWAL0049557 Lawrence 05 Oct 2020 Webb, David H.
9187		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindley
AMAL00020692 Baldwin 14 Oct 2012 England, J. Kevin
4000		 AMAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
TROY000011378 Houston 12 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62918		 TROY
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
TROY000049375 Geneva 23 Oct 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29136		 TROY
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
AUA000030332 Morgan 20 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5778		 AUA
Spiranthes Odorata (Nutt.) Lindley
TROY000042775 Baldwin 14 Oct 2012 England, J. Kevin
4000		 TROY
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
UWAL0047084 Lauderdale 12 Oct 2009 Webb, David H.
7226		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
JSU113632 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
191		 JSU
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
TROY000011379 Houston 23 Oct 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13644		 TROY
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
AUA_ACC_58479 Baldwin 15 Oct 1996 Tucker, Jr., James W.
 AUA
Spiranthes Odorata (Nutt.) Lindley
UNA00072278 Baldwin 14 Oct 2012 England, J. Kevin
4000		 UNA
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
UNAF0001769 Lauderdale 12 Oct 2009 Webb, David H.
7226		 UNAF
Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley
UWAL0015368 Montgomery 01 Nov 2013 Campbell, Bill
s.n.		 UWAL
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
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