P h o t o f r o m K S N P C F i l e s
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Habitat:
Humus of damp woods and thickets, bogs or shaded, weed-free humus below rhododendron on mountain slopes and stream heads.
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Species Description:
A small, delicate herb with one pair of opposite leaves and a teminal raceme of up to 15 brownish green flowers.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early June to mid August.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Lip not cleft to the middle, lip narrowed to the base, column conspicuous. Pedicels glabrous, lateral teeth conspicuously projecting.
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Management:
Timber removal would be detrimental.
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Global Range:
Appalachian endemic, Pennsylvania to N. Carolina/Tennessee. Considered rare in Maryland (B1), West Virginia (B3), Kentucky, Tennessee. Tennessee: about six occurrences recently extant.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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