Orchidaceae
Shining lady's tresses
Spiranthes lucida
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- لولوبة واضحة
- arz
- لولوبه واضحه
- English
- Shining lady's tresses
- Spanish
- Trenzas de damas luminosa
Synonyms
- Gyrostachys latifolia (Torr. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
- Gyrostachys plantaginea (Raf.) Britton
- Ibidium plantagineum House
- Neottia aestivalis Oakes
- Neottia aestivalis Oakes ex A.Gray
- Neottia lucida H.H.Eaton
- Neottia plantaginea Raf.
- Spiranthes latifolia Torr. ex Lindl.
- Spiranthes plantaginea (Raf.) Raf.
- Triorchis plantagineus (Raf.) Nieuwl.
- Triorchos plantagineus (Raf.) Nieuwl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.