Orchidaceae
Creeping lady's-tresses
Goodyera repens
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Goodyera
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Common names
By language (25)
- Belarusian
- Гудаера паўзучая
- Bulgarian
- Пълзяща гудиера
- Chinese
- 南投斑叶兰, 南投斑葉蘭, 匍枝斑叶兰, 大葉火燒蘭, 小斑叶兰, 斑叶兰, 石风丹, 袖珍斑叶兰
- Czech
- Smrkovník plazivý
- Dutch
- Dennenorchis
- English
- Creeping lady's-tresses, Dwarf rattlesnake plantain, Lesser rattlesnake plantain, Lesser rattlesnake-plantain
- Estonian
- Roomav öövilge
- Finnish
- Yövilkka, Havuyövilkka
- French
- Goodyère rampante, Goodyere rampante
- German
- Kriechendes Netzblatt, Kriech-Netzblatt
- hsb
- Łažata kózlica
- Hungarian
- Gyökerező avarvirág, Kúszó avarvirág
- Italian
- Godiera
- Latvian
- Ložņu saulenīte
- Lithuanian
- Šliaužiančioji sidabriukė
- Luxembourgish
- Krauchend Netzblat
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Knerot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Knerot
- Persian
- سفیدبرفی
- Polish
- Tajęża jednostronna
- Russian
- Гудайера ползучая
- Swedish
- Knärot
- Tatar
- Шуышма челтәръяфрак
- Ukrainian
- Гудієра повзуча
- Welsh
- Troellig ymgripiol
Synonyms
- Elasmatium repens (L.) Dulac
- Epipactis chinensis (Schltr.) Hu
- Epipactis mairei (Schltr.) Hu
- Epipactis repens (L.) Crantz
- Epipactis repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.A.Eaton
- Gonogona repens (L.) Link
- Goodyera brevis Schltr.
- Goodyera chinensis Schltr.
- Goodyera mairei Schltr.
- Goodyera ophioides (Fernald) Rydb.
- Goodyera pubescens var. repens (L.) Alph.Wood
- Goodyera repens f. ophioides (Fernald) P.M.Br.
- Goodyera repens subsp. ophioides (Fernald) Á.Löve & W.Simon
- Goodyera repens var. japonica Nakai
- Goodyera repens var. ophioides Fernald
- Goodyera repens var. repens
- Neottia repens (L.) Sw.
- Orchiodes repens (L.) Kuntze
- Orchiodes resupinata Kuntze
- Orchis repens (L.) Eyster ex Poir.
- Peramium repens (L.) Salisb.
- Peramium repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.Heller
- Peramium secundum (Raf.) House
- Satyrium hirsutum Gilib.
- Satyrium repens L.
- Serapias repens (L.) Vill.
- Tussaca repens (L.) Raf.
- Tussaca secunda Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 469 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Juan Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: isa sp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jahasse, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Piotr Kwiatkowski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.