Spiranthes vernalis

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyOrchidaceae
Family (Traditional)Orchidaceae
GenusSpiranthes
Species:Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A. Gray
Common NameSpring Ladys Tresses
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Type: sword-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Pollinium; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: spike; 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: 2; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 6
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), 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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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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
Gyrostachys linearis Gyrostachys linearis
Gyrostachys reverchonii Gyrostachys reverchonii
Gyrostachys xyridifolia Gyrostachys xyridifolia

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: Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Butler (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Graves (KY), Greenup (KY), Hardin (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Montgomery (KY), Morgan (KY), Nelson (KY), Oldham (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wayne (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lincoln (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Robertson (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1972 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100113479 Wayne Kentucky G. Sievert
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100755907 Elliott Kentucky M. Greene
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113545 Madison Kentucky Gary W. Libby
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113602 Butler Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113610 Butler Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
BEREA005236 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Spiranthes vernalis
BEREA005235 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Spiranthes vernalis
ETSU010262 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006691 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006684 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006692 Montgomery Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006686 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074110 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074098 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074090 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113578 Letcher Kentucky Jeffrey D. Sole
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113651 Franklin Kentucky John MacGregor
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113628 Christian Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113537 Madison Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074122 White Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074109 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074106 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074112 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074111 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074114 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074092 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074093 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
UCHT008668 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0057712 Edmonson Kentucky 12 Jul 1973
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0079565 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113511 Madison Kentucky Susan Wind
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100755899 Elliott Kentucky M. Greene
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113552 Madison Kentucky Landon E. McKinney
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006693 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006688 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006683 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074107 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074119 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074095 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074099 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074115 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074089 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074097 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074113 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035119 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113594 Clinton Kentucky Mark A. Gorton
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31973000016826 Morgan Kentucky
KNK
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006689 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006690 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074096 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074117 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074102 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0099538 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035238 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035128 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0057715 Barren Kentucky 29 Jun 1979 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0109914 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0109405 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035130 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113206 White Tennessee 01 Aug 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5191
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113495 Rockcastle Kentucky Donald K. Walker
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113644 Letcher Kentucky Jeffrey D. Sole
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113560 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
BEREA005237 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Spiranthes vernalis
31973000016828 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074258 Calloway Kentucky
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074091 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035121 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035126 Christian Kentucky 28 Jun 1994 Sallie Noel
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0063184 Nelson Kentucky 06 Jul 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035120 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
ETSU026488 Hawkins Tennessee 20 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19653
ETSU
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM012598 Logan Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113487 Powell Kentucky Donald K. Walker
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074118 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074088 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074087 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0109915 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0080188 Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0091519 Montgomery Tennessee 17 Jun 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0057494 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM005720 McCracken Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM008409 Graves Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0109916 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035118 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035122 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035117 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
BRIT464291 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Spiranthes vernalis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 14 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006685 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
MDKY00006687 McCreary Kentucky
MDKY
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074247 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074103 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074120 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0073939 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074105 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0065161 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0099992 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0057713 Todd Kentucky 02 Jul 1976 Raymond Athey
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
UOS07544 Coffee Tennessee 23 Jul 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Spiranthes vernalis
UOS07542 Marion Tennessee 06 Aug 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Spiranthes vernalis
BRIT464299 Christian Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035127 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035124 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0099537 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
BRIT464289 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113529 Madison Kentucky Gary W. Libby
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
31234100113636 Franklin Kentucky S. Rice
EKY
Spiranthes vernalis
BEREA005238 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074100 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074101 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074121 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074104 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074116 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074108 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
TENN-V-0074094 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Spiranthes vernalis
UCHT008670 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0092478 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM012608 Todd Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
MTSU024439 Putnam Tennessee
MTSU
Spiranthes vernalis
BRIT464290 Fulton Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Spiranthes vernalis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 20 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM018010 Hardin Kentucky R. Cranfill
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM008412 Fulton Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM008008 Shelby Tennessee 06 Jul 1972 John E. Thompson Jr.
1007
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM010977 Edmonson Kentucky Jack Thompson
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM006662 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0055137 Madison Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0109917 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0035129 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0080185 Graves Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
APSC0057711 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Spiranthes vernalis
UOS07543 Franklin Tennessee 22 Jul 2005 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Spiranthes vernalis
BRIT464292 Todd Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Spiranthes vernalis
ETSU026464 Hawkins Tennessee 14 Jul 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19629
ETSU
Spiranthes vernalis
MEM011711 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
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