Goodyera tesselata

Checkered rattlesnake plantain
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Goodyera
Species: G. tesselata
Binomial name
Goodyera tesselata
Lodd.
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Peramium tesselatum (Lodd.) A. Heller
  • Orchiodes tesselatum (Lodd.) Kuntze
  • Epipactis tesselata (Lodd.) A.A. Eaton
  • Goodyera repens var. tesselata (Lodd.) B. Boivin

Goodyera tesselata is a plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), called by the common name checkered rattlesnake plantain. It is native to eastern Canada from Manitoba to Newfoundland, and to the northeastern United States from Maine to Maryland, west to Minnesota .[2][4]

Goodyera tesselata has low basal leaves with white reticulated lines. The inflorescence is an upright stalk with small white flowers.

References

  1. ↑ Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, Vol. 1: 569.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden
  4. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 516, Goodyera tesselata
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