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Orchis
Family: Orchidaceae
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Sep and lateral pet similar in color but differing in size, the pet connivent with the upper sep or with all the sep to form a concave hood over the column; lip large, prolonged at its base into a conspicuous spur; anther broadly sessile atop the column, pollen- sacs contiguous; pollinia 2; viscidia 2, enclosed in a single pouch; perennial from short rhizomes and thickened roots, the scape bearing 1 or 2 lvs near the base and a loose, terminal, few-fld raceme. 100, N. Temp.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Orchis anatolica
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Orchis anthropophora
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Orchis aristata
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Orchis bosniaca
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Orchis brancifortii
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Orchis elegans
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Orchis fusca
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Orchis italica
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Orchis latifolia
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Orchis laxiflora
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Orchis longicornu
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Orchis majalis
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Orchis mascula
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Orchis militaris
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Orchis morio
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Orchis olbiensis
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Orchis pallens
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Orchis palustris
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Orchis picta
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Orchis praetermissa
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Orchis provincialis
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Orchis pseudo-sambucina
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Orchis purpurea
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Orchis purpurella
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Orchis quadripunctata
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Orchis rivularis
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Orchis rotundifolia
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Orchis simia
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Orchis strictifolia
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Orchis traunsteineri
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Orchis ustulata
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