Orchidaceae
Case's lady's tresses
Spiranthes casei
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- لولوبة كاسية
- English
- Case's lady's tresses
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 28 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Turner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Reid and Margaret Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aaroncarlson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mary E. Macaulay, P.Eng., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Turner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aaroncarlson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Riley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aaroncarlson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aaroncarlson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.