Scientific Name
Spiranthes cernua
Common Name
Nodding ladies tresses
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit:
Small, white, slightly downward-curved, double lipped flowers in double spiral on 8 to 18 inch stem; often fragrant
Flowering Season:
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Foliage:
Three to four slender leaves; up to 12 inches long at base; often wither before flowering
Site:
Swamps, meadows, wet roadsides, bogs
Comments:
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