Goodyera pubescens
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| Downy rattlesnake plantain | |
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| 1825 illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Genus: | Goodyera |
| Species: | G. pubescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodyera pubescens | |
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Goodyera pubescens, the downy rattlesnake plantain, is one of the most common orchids native to eastern North America. It is found from Florida to Nova Scotia, west to eastern Oklahoma, Minnesota and Ontario.[2][3]
Goodyera pubescens is an evergreen terrestrial herb with variegated leaves. The variegation is in the form of a densely reticulated network of veins that are a much lighter green than the rest of the leaf tissue. It is a creeping plant that divides on the ground surface and sends out short stolons. It may be terrestrial or, occasionally, epipetric, growing on rock shelves. It prefers mildly to moderately acidic soils, such as in oak-heath forests.[4]
References
- ^ Robert Brown in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kewensis 5: 198 (1813).
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 515, Goodyera pubescens
External links
Media related to Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens) at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens) at Wikispecies
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