Orchidaceae
Pacific coralroot
Corallorhiza mertensiana
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Corallorhiza
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- كورالورهيزا ميرتينسيانا
- English
- Pacific coralroot, Western coralroot
- French
- Corallorhize de l'Ouest
Synonyms
- Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
- Corallorhiza mertensiana f. albolabia P.M.Br.
- Corallorhiza mertensiana f. pallida P.M.Br.
- Corallorhiza purpurea L.O.Williams
- Corallorhiza vancouveriana Finet
- Neottia mertensiana (Bong.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.