Scientific Name
Goodyera pubescens
Common Name
Rattlesnake plantain; Downy rattlesnake plantain
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
Less than .5 foot
Flower/fruit:
Small white flowers in a long, narrow, dense cluster on a downy 6 to 18 inch stalk
Flowering Season:
Summer
Foliage:
Oval-shaped dark green leaves with a network of whitish veins, 1 to 2.5 inches long
Site:
Average to moist soil; sun to partial shade
Comments:
--
List by
Scientific Name
| List by
Common Name
Prepared by:
Erv Evans
, Consumer Horticulturist
Web Design by: Christa Johnson
Web Updates by: Ebony McLeod and Heather Monroe
© 2000-2004 NC State University
Images © by Erv Evans
