Isotria verticillata

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyOrchidaceae
Family (Traditional)Orchidaceae
GenusIsotria
Species:Isotria verticillata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.
Common NameLarge Whorled Pogonia
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Pollinium; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; 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: solitary; 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 (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (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
Pogonia verticillata Pogonia verticillata

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), Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Clay (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Johnson (KY), Letcher (KY), Lincoln (KY), McCreary (KY), Marion (KY), Menifee (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hardeman (TN), Henry (TN), Johnson (TN), Lincoln (TN), Overton (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sullivan (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1961 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Clay Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002128 McCreary Kentucky Michael Strunk
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002078 Jackson Kentucky Joe Abner
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002060 Harlan Kentucky Bryce D. Fields
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002110 Marion Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002086 Johnson Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100854213 Menifee Kentucky Ross C. Clark
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002102 Lincoln Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002136 Menifee Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002052 Casey Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002037 Bell Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002094 Letcher Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
31234100002045 Carter Kentucky Elizabeth M. Browne
EKY
Isotria verticillata
BEREA005132 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Isotria verticillata
ETSU010170 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
N/A Carter Tennessee 03 Jun 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
MDKY00006638 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Isotria verticillata
MDKY00006639 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Isotria verticillata
MDKY00006640 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073862 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073861 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073871 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073859 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073869 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073876 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073874 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073879 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073873 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073878 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073857 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073860 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073892 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073866 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073881 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073868 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073872 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073880 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073858 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073867 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073882 White Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073877 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073864 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073875 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073891 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073863 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0192501 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073870 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
TENN-V-0073865 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Isotria verticillata
APSC0070010 Pulaski Kentucky 30 May 1985 Max Medley
APSC
Isotria verticillata
MDKY00006637 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Isotria verticillata
APSC0099381 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Isotria verticillata
APSC0058153 Calloway Kentucky 02 May 1975 Raymond Athey
APSC
Isotria verticillata
N/A Clay Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
MTSU002637 Franklin Tennessee 25 Apr 1994 Leonard King
78
MTSU
Isotria verticillata
UOS07514 Franklin Tennessee 26-Apr-66 Denny Wood
UOS
Isotria verticillata
UOS07517 Franklin Tennessee 24 Apr 1968 McRae
UOS
Isotria verticillata
UOS07515 Franklin Tennessee 26 Apr 1966 Don Crichton
UOS
Isotria verticillata
MEM014616 Chester Tennessee 09 Jun 1979 Dwight Miller
s.n.
MEM
Isotria verticillata
MEM018359 Hardin Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Isotria verticillata
BEREA005133 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Isotria verticillata
ETSU010169 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
ETSU010168 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
ETSU010173 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
UOS07518 Franklin Tennessee 25 Mar 1961 F. Frederick
UOS
Isotria verticillata
UOS07516 Franklin Tennessee 26 Apr 1999 Don Crichton
UOS
Isotria verticillata
UOS07512 Franklin Tennessee 27 Apr 1961 Schipper, A.L.
UOS
Isotria verticillata
UOS07513 Franklin Tennessee 03 Jun 1961 John R. Waddell
UOS
Isotria verticillata
BRIT473469 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Isotria verticillata
BRIT473471 Hardin Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Isotria verticillata
BRIT473470 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
VDB
Isotria verticillata
N/A Clay Kentucky Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Isotria verticillata
ETSU030795 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
ETSU030722 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
ETSU030731 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
ETSU030773 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Isotria verticillata
MEM006607 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Isotria verticillata
MEM011095 Bell Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Isotria verticillata
MEM020214 Calloway Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Isotria verticillata
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Isotria verticillata - Joey Shaw
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Isotria verticillata - Tara Littlefield
Isotria verticillata - Tara Littlefield
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Isotria verticillata - Theo Witsell
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