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Isotria medeoloides
Also called Small Whorled Pogonia Orchid, Green Five Leaved Orchid, Small Whorl Pogonia, Green Fiveleaf Orchid
Small whorled pogonia is a rare, terrestrial woodland orchid of eastern North America, with a whorl of five gray-green leaves and small green flowers. It is very difficult to cultivate and is best left in the wild, where it is protected in many areas.
Isotria medeoloides, commonly known as small whorled pogonia or little five leaves, is a terrestrial orchid found in temperate Eastern North America.
The orchid's range is from southern Maine south to Georgia and west to southern Ontario, Michigan, and Tennessee. A population was found in Missouri in 1897, but the plant is no longer believed extant there.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isotria medeoloides 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.
