Scientific Name
Habenaria flava
Common Name
Southern rein-orchis; Pale green orchis
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
6 to 24 inches
Flower/fruit:
Slender raceme of greenish yellow flowers; rounded petals and broad lip, usually with a small tooth on each side; small lip curved underneath; leaf-like bracts beneath each flower
Flowering Season:
Summer into fall
Foliage:
Lengthwise leaf veins
Site:
Wet woods, swales, shores
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