10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LADY'S-TRESSES»
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Orchids of Britain and Ireland: A Field and Site Guide Ebook
A few colonies in old pine plantations in Norfolk represent an enigma. The lady's-
tresses could have been introduced accidentally with the pine seedlings, could
be indigenous to the area and have simply moved into a congenial new home, ...
Anne Harrap, Simon Harrap, 2009
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Catalog of Ohio Vascular Plants: Arranged According to the ...
9 ' Arethusa bulbosa L. Arethusa. Licking, Portage. Limodorum tuberosum L.
Limodorum. Fulton, Lucas, Erie, Geauga, Portage, Summit, Ashland, Stark, Clark,
Fairfield, Licking, Wayne. Ibidium strictum (Rydb.) House. Hooded Lady's-tresses.
Adolph E. Waller, Paul Bigelow Sears, Alfred Dachnowski, 1918
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Catalog of Ohio Vascular Plants: Arranged According to the ...
Hooded Lady's-tresses. Ashtabula County. Ibidium plantagineum (Raf.) House.
Medina, Portage. Ibidium cernuum (L.) House. Nodding Lady's-tresses. Erie,
Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, Stark, Lake, Licking. Ibidium ovale (Lindl.) ...
Clell Lee Metcalf, John Henry Schaffner, Lee Barker Walton, 1913
FRAGRANT LADY'S TRESSES.— Neottia spiralis. Class Gynandria. Order
Monandria. Nat. Ord. Obchide.k. Orchis Tribe. The English name of this plant
recals the times when the monks were the chief observers of flowers, and named
so many ...
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Our native orchids: a series of drawings from nature of all ...
Arethusa .... XXXV. Helleborine XXXVI. Gyrostachys XXXVII. Hooded Lady's-
Tresses . XXXVIII. Wide-leaved Lady's-Tresses XXXIX. Nodding Lady's-Tresses .
XL. Grass-leaved Lady's-Tresses XLI. Slender Lady's-Tresses; Little Lady's-
Tresses ...
William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe, 1905
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New Flora of the British Isles
SPIRANTHES Rich. - Lady's-tresses With tuberous roots; leaves several, basal
and on stem or ± all basal; flowers sessile, white with green markings, usually
borne spirally in tight spike; spur 0; labellum ± unlobed, with slightly to markedly
frilly ...
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Flora of the British Isles
S. aestivalis (Poiret) L. C. M. Richard Summer Lady's Tresses. Roots 2-6, 5-8 cm,
fleshy, fusiform-cylindrical. Stem 10- 40 cm, erect, somewhat glandular-hairy
above. Lvs 5-12 cm x 5-9 mm, borne ±erect on the flowering shoot of the current ...
A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin, D. M. Moore, 1990
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Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region: A ...
lipa” or longer Spiranthes: lip mostly all white and NODDING LADY'S-TRESSES
Spiranthes cernua Spiranthes: Greek speira, “spiral,” and anthos, “flower,” for the
coiling or spiraling of the flower cluster; the derivation of the common name ...
Merel R. Black, Emmet J. Judziewicz, 2009
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Field Flora of the British Isles
SPIRANTHES Rich. - Lady's-tresses With tuberous roots; leaves severaL basal
and on stem or ± all basal; flowers sessile, white with green markings, usually
bome spirally in tight spike; spur 0; labellum ± unlobed, with slightly to markedly
frilly ...
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Wildflowers of the Coastal Plain: A Field Guide, Includes ...
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl. var ovalis OCTOBER LADY'S TRESSES From slender
roots, this perennial herb produces a solitary stem up to 4 dm tall. The alternately
arranged leaves are oblong, elliptic, or oblanceolate; the proximal ones are ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LADY'S-TRESSES»
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Threatened wildflower species starting to thrive again on Portland
threatened native orchid Autumn Lady's-tresses and a host of other wildflowers are making a comeback on Portland. It is down to the efforts of ... «Dorset Echo, Nov 13»
Marsh gentians' colourful promise
Quite by chance, in stopping to photograph white autumn lady's-tresses orchids, I came across some field gentians whose lilac colour was ... «The Guardian, Sep 13»
August Nature Almanac: Surprised by orchids
Unlike most orchids, lady's-tresses emit a faint fragrance similar to vanilla that may attract bumblebees and other native bees, their primary ... «Daily Camera, Jul 13»
