Orchidaceae
Yellow nodding lady's tresses
Spiranthes ochroleuca
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- لولوبة مغرية اللون
- Chinese
- 黃俯花綬草
- English
- Yellow nodding lady's tresses
Synonyms
- Gyrostachys ochroleuca Rydb.
- Ibidium cernuum var. ochroleucum (Rydb.) House
- Ibidium ochroleucum (Rydb.) House
- Spiranthes ochroleuca f. foliobracteata P.M.Br.
- Spiranthes steigeri Correll
- Triorchis cernuus var. ochroleucus (Rydb.) Farw.
- Triorchis ochroleucus (Rydb.) Nieuwl.
- Triorchos cernuus var. ochroleucus (Rydb.) Farw.
- Triorchos ochroleucus (Rydb.) Nieuwl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doppelbrau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allefant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allefant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.