Orchidaceae
Adam and Eve
Aplectrum hyemale
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Aplectrum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 腻根兰
- English
- Adam and Eve, Adam-and-eve, Puttyroot
- French
- Aplectrelle d'hiver
Synonyms
- Aplectra elatior Raf.
- Aplectrum hyemale f. pallidum (House) House
- Aplectrum hyemale var. pallidum (House) Barnhart
- Aplectrum shortii Rydb.
- Aplectrum spicatum Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Aplectrum spicatum var. pallidum House
- Corallorhiza hyemalis (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.
- Cymbidium hyemale Muhl. ex Willd.
- Epidendrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Allefant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allefant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allefant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.