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Niklas’ ladies’ tresses

Spiranthes niklasii

Also called Niklas' Ladies' Tresses

Niklas’ ladies’ tresses
Photo: mayfly1963, CC BY 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
E. Oklahoma to Arkansas
Climate
temperate

About

Spiranthes niklasii, also known by the common name Niklas' ladies' tresses, is a terrestrial orchid nearly endemic to the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas and Oklahoma with a few other known populations.

Where it grows

The only known populations are in Arkansas and Oklahoma, mainly in the Ouachita Mountains. They grow in xeric graminoid clearings and forest edges.

Other Spiranthes plants

Summer lady's-tresses · Appalachian ladies' tresses · Spiranthes australis · Atlantic Ladies' Tresses · Texas lady's tresses · Case's lady's tresses · Nodding lady's tresses · Reclusive lady's tresses · Ute lady's tresses · Eaton's lady's tresses · Canelo lady's tresses · Fire Ladies' Tresses

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spiranthes niklasii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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