Aplectrum hyemale

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyOrchidaceae
Family (Traditional)Orchidaceae
GenusAplectrum
Species:Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.
Common NameAdam And Eve; Putty Root
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BEH; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: absent; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: single leaf; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Pollinium; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 6
C value 8
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Aplectrum shortii Aplectrum shortii
Aplectrum spicatum var. pallidum Aplectrum spicatum var. pallidum

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Bullitt (KY), Butler (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carlisle (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clay (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Estill (KY), Harlan (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Leslie (KY), Letcher (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Mason (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Whitley (KY), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100111879 Letcher Kentucky Jeffrey D. Sole
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111739 Clay Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111762 Estill Kentucky Richard G. Guetig
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111804 Laurel Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111747 Cumberland Kentucky Ross C. Clark
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005054 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
31973000016784 Harlan Kentucky
KNK
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074877 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074885 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074882 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074864 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074878 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074883 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111713 Caldwell Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111861 Letcher Kentucky Jeffery D. Sole
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111945 Powell Kentucky Timothy J. Weckman
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100854296 Powell Kentucky Ross C. Clark
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111812 Laurel Kentucky J. Stuart Lassetter
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111754 Edmonson Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
N/A Carter Tennessee 05 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU004997 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
31973000016785 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Aplectrum hyemale
MDKY00006475 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074866 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074881 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074891 Union Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074888 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111952 Todd Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111796 Knox Kentucky Judith E. Rozeman
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111846 Lee Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111853 Leslie Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111978 Whitley Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005060 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU004998 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
31973000016783 Mason Kentucky
KNK
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074871 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074894 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074870 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074873 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074865 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
UCHT008765 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111697 Butler Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111770 Harlan Kentucky Amy V. McIntosh
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111911 Madison Kentucky J. Stuart Lassetter
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111895 Madison Kentucky John Omer
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111820 Laurel Kentucky Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005061 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005056 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005058 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005066 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
31973000016782 Carter Kentucky
KNK
Aplectrum hyemale
MDKY00006477 Montgomery Kentucky
MDKY
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074889 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074886 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035321 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100265816 Knox Kentucky Judith E. Rozeman
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111705 Caldwell Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111721 Clay Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111960 Warren Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111937 Monroe Kentucky Timothy J. Weckman
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005065 Cannon Tennessee
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU010003 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU010004 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
31973000016781 Rockcastle Kentucky
KNK
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074872 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074893 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074875 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035323 Stewart Tennessee 19 Jul 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0058217 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111887 Letcher Kentucky J. Stuart Lassetter
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111838 Lee Kentucky Timothy J. Weckman
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111903 Madison Kentucky Gary W. Libby
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005059 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU010002 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
MDKY00006479 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074880 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074868 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074869 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074867 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074892 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074890 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035328 Christian Kentucky 01 Jan 1969 Sally McReynolds
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035319 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099278 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111788 Harlan Kentucky Bryce D. Fields
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111994 Grainger Tennessee 15 May 1974 J. Stuart Lassetter
2065
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005057 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005062 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005055 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
MDKY00006478 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Aplectrum hyemale
MDKY00006474 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Aplectrum hyemale
MDKY00006476 Lee Kentucky
MDKY
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074895 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074887 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
UCHT008766 Tennessee
UCHT
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035327 Christian Kentucky 17 May 1969 Lee C. Forrest
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035317 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0095204 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099436 Letcher Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
31234100111929 McCreary Kentucky Elizabeth M. Browne
EKY
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005064 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
BEREA005063 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU004999 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU007836 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU004993 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU004996 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 04 Apr 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074876 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074874 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074884 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
TENN-V-0074879 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0065090 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035326 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099276 Todd Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0065091 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099384 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU022191 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM014113 Carlisle Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM005045 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0100486 Sevier Tennessee
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099376 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0058216 Edmonson Kentucky 03 Aug 1968 Harold Elmore
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099279 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM018369 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
008088 Carter Tennessee 31 May 1975 Hicks
BOON
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0058218 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035320 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0070651 Clay Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035322 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU010826 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU028799 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU010827 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU034283 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU030163 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU008927 Carter Tennessee 04 Oct 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0099277 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035324 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
UOS07476 Franklin Tennessee 08 Mar 2007 Jon Evans
UOS
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035318 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0080192 Lee Kentucky
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU034668 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
MTSU002609 Warren Tennessee 25 Apr 1992 Marvin Carson
33
MTSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU030164 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
APSC0035325 Stewart Tennessee 17 Mar 1966 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU022193 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU022190 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
UOS07477 Van Buren Tennessee 06 Apr 2002 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Aplectrum hyemale
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU025411 Johnson Tennessee 13 Apr 2013 Adam McCullough
DOEM 0035
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 14 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM012750 Trigg Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM003304 Caldwell Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU022194 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
MTSU002610 Warren Tennessee 1935-5 J. Peyton
MTSU
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM004941 Caldwell Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
BRIT472969 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Aplectrum hyemale
BRIT472970 Trigg Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Aplectrum hyemale
BRIT472968 Carlisle Kentucky Raymond H. Athey
VDB
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU024180 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU028573 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU022192 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU010828 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
HTTU022189 Tennessee
HTTU
Aplectrum hyemale
ETSU026074 Hawkins Tennessee 14 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19238
ETSU
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM017599 Bell Kentucky Ellwood J. Carr
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
MEM011712 Todd Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Aplectrum hyemale
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Plant Photos

Aplectrum hyemale - Milo Pyne
Aplectrum hyemale - Milo Pyne
Aplectrum hyemale - Milo Pyne
Aplectrum hyemale - Milo Pyne
Aplectrum hyemale - Tara Littlefield
Aplectrum hyemale - Tara Littlefield
Aplectrum hyemale - Tara Littlefield
Aplectrum hyemale - Tara Littlefield
Aplectrum hyemale - Theo Witsell
Aplectrum hyemale - Theo Witsell
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw
Aplectrum hyemale - Joey Shaw