Cleistes divaricata

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Cleistes divaricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Genus: Cleistes
Species: C. divaricata
Binomial name
Cleistes divaricata
(L.) Ames[1]

Cleistes divaricata (rosebud orchid) is a terrestrial orchid found in the southeastern United States.[1] Its range is from southern New Jersey south to Florida.[1][2] It blooms from May to July.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 52. ISBN 0807855979. 
  2. Cleistes divaricata, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Profile, November 21, 2013 
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