Scientific Name
Isotria verticillata

Common Name
Large whorled pogonia
Life Cycle: Perennial


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Height: 6 to 12 inches
Flower/fruit: Single, lipped greenish yellow flower with three long madder-purple sepals; 1.5 to 2.5 inches long; arise from center of the leaf whorl
Flowering Season: Late spring to early summer
Foliage: Whorl of five wide stalkless leaves at end of a 4 to 12 inch stem; parallel veins
Site: Moist hardwood forest, stream margins
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