Northern Slender Lady's Tresses

Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. - Orchid family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 24 inches

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.