Corallorhiza wisteriana

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyOrchidaceae
Family (Traditional)Orchidaceae
GenusCorallorhiza
Species:Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad
Common NameSpring Coralroot
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: absent; Leaf Complexity: absent; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: N/A (leaves absent); Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: absent; Leaf Venation: N/A; Leaflet Margins: N/A; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Pollinium; Base Flower Color: Pink; 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: 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: Yes; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 2; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 6
C value 9
StatusNative; AGCP (UPL), 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
Corallorhiza elliptica Corallorhiza elliptica Schltr.
Corallorhiza hortensis Corallorhiza hortensis Suksd.
Corallorrhiza wisteriana Corallorrhiza wisteriana Conrad

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: Anderson (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Crittenden (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Hart (KY), Henderson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Lawrence (KY), Letcher (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McLean (KY), Mercer (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Oldham (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Union (KY), Wayne (KY), Blount (TN), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Union (TN), Washington (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1961 - 1997

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100112141 Jefferson Kentucky Charlotte Sheeley
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112224 Union Kentucky Jeremy Dreier
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112109 Franklin Kentucky Steven Rice
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
ETSU010031 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
ETSU007837 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
ETSU010034 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MDKY00006493 Lawrence Kentucky
MDKY
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074546 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074543 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074562 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074576 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008719 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008732 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008731 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008725 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31234100112182 Wayne Kentucky Timothy J. Weckman
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100186400 Loudon Tennessee 08 Apr 1961 E. T. Browne Jr.
2893
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112091 Franklin Kentucky Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
MDKY00006494 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074554 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074563 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074569 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074573 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074577 White Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074547 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008733 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035352 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035347 Knox Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0099442 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035343 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31234100112117 Franklin Kentucky W. E. B.
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112075 Anderson Kentucky William S. Bryant
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
ETSU010032 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
ETSU010028 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
ETSU010030 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074544 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074558 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074566 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074550 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008730 Coffee Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008724 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008729 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035348 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035340 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0099259 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31234100186368 Garrard Kentucky Donna A. Godbey
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
ETSU010035 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
ETSU010033 Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074571 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074570 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074557 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074564 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074574 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074603 Mercer Kentucky
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008728 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008720 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008723 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035345 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010838 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010839 White Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31234100112083 Franklin Kentucky S. P. Rice
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100854270 Powell Kentucky Ross C. Clark
EKY
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31973000016790 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074575 Union Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074551 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074559 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074545 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074565 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074560 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074572 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035346 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035341 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035349 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035339 Stewart Tennessee 14 May 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010841 Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31234100112125 Franklin Kentucky Steven Rice
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112190 Knox Tennessee 09 Apr 1980 T. Filipczak
23
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074549 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074548 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074602 Anderson Kentucky
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074555 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008727 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
008112 Carroll Tennessee 07 Apr 1972 Betty Ann Thompson
434
BOON
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035342 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010843 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010844 Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MTSU002613 Robertson Tennessee 13 Apr 1986 Reagan Bristol
37
MTSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UTM00198 Tennessee
UTM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UTM00197 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UTM00199 Tennessee
UTM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0080161 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM014027 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010846 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010842 Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM018358 Hart Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM004136 Shelby Tennessee 25 Mar 1968 Joseph N. Pinson Jr.
170
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM017364 Lauderdale Tennessee 02 Apr 1972 Patrick Keiran
286
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM014026 Crittenden Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010840 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
BRIT473174 Calloway Kentucky Landon E. McKinney
VDB
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU022197 Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UOS07480 Franklin Tennessee 21 Apr 1976 Emily J. Butler
UOS
Corallorhiza wisteriana
BRIT473156 Lyon Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112133 Henderson Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112174 Mercer Kentucky Johnnie B. Varner
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
ETSU010027 Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
ETSU010042 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074552 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074561 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074568 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074553 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074567 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
TENN-V-0074556 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0058208 McLean Kentucky
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035351 Stewart Tennessee 01 May 1968
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM007838 Shelby Tennessee 01 Apr 1972 John E. Thompson Jr.
695
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM014346 Trigg Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
31234100112166 Lincoln Kentucky Eric Comley
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
31234100112158 Letcher Kentucky Jeffrey D. Sole
EKY
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
ETSU010036 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT008726 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035353 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0035344 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
APSC0099260 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MTSU002614 Cannon Tennessee 21 Apr 1996 Mitzi Redmon
95
MTSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
BRIT473166 Christian Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
BRIT473157 Trigg Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
APSC0035350 Robertson Tennessee 10 May 1978
APSC
Corallorhiza wisteriana
HTTU010845 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MTSU002615 Cannon Tennessee 24 Apr 1996 Mitzi Redmon
43
MTSU
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UCHT036862 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Corallorhiza wisteriana
UOS07478 Franklin Tennessee 15 Apr 1997 M.D. Dyas
UOS
Corallorhiza wisteriana
BRIT473167 Crittenden Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Corallorrhiza wisteriana
MEM005203 McCracken Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
MEM014109 Christian Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Corallorhiza wisteriana
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