Orchidaceae
White Adder's mouth
Malaxis monophyllos
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Malaxis
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Common names
By language (23)
- arz
- افعى بيضاء الفم
- Belarusian
- Мякатніца адналістая
- Chinese
- 單葉軟葉蘭, 沼兰, 原沼兰, 阿里山小柱蘭, 阿里山穗花一葉蘭, 鹅肠草
- Czech
- Měkčilka jednolistá
- Dutch
- Eenblad
- English
- White Adder's mouth, Adder's-mouth orchid
- Estonian
- Soovalk, Ainulehine sookäpp, Ainulehine soovalk
- Finnish
- Sääskenvalkku
- German
- Kleinblütiges Einblatt, Einblättrige Weichwurz
- hsb
- Kwěćikaty jednolist
- Hungarian
- Egylevelű lágyvirág
- Italian
- Mocrostile
- Japanese
- ホザキイチヨウラン
- Latvian
- Purvāju vienlape, Purvāja vienlape
- Lithuanian
- Vienalapis gedutis, Vienalapis geduti, Gedutis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Knottblom, Knottblomst
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Knottblom, Knottblomst
- Polish
- Wyblin jednolistny
- Russian
- Мякотница однолистная, Стагачка однолистная
- Slovak
- Trčníček jednolistý
- Slovenian
- Enolistna plevka
- Swedish
- Knottblomster
- Ukrainian
- Глевчак однолистий
Synonyms
- Achroanthes monophylla (L.) Greene
- Achroanthes monophylla f. diphyllos (Cham. & Schltdl.) Koidz. ex Masam.
- Achroanthes monophyllos (L.) Greene
- Epipactis monophylla (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Leptorchis japonica (Maxim.) Kuntze
- Malaxis monophyllos f. monophyllos
- Microstylis diphyllos Lindl.
- Microstylis monophyllos Lindl.
- Microstylis monophyllos (L.) Lindl.
- Ophrys monophyllos L.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 136 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yu-Chang Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pia Stermann, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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.