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Corallorhiza trifida
Also called Early coralroot, Northern coralroot, Coralroot Orchid, Pale Coralroot
Yellow coralroot is a leafless, yellowish green terrestrial orchid of cool northern forests that grows partly by feeding on fungi in the soil. It is not a practical garden plant and is best left in the wild.
Corallorhiza trifida, commonly known as early coralroot, northern coralroot, or yellow coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to North America and Eurasia, with a circumboreal distribution. The species has been reported from the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, India, Nepal, Kashmir, Pakistan, and almost every country in Europe.
Bentley's coralroot · Corallorhiza ekmanii · Spotted coralroot · Pacific coralroot · Autumn coralroot · Striped coralroot · Spring coralroot · Coralroot
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corallorhiza trifida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
