Orchidaceae
Creamy lady's tresses
Spiranthes porrifolia
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Creamy lady's tresses, Western ladies' tresses
Synonyms
- Gyrostachys porrifolia (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Ibidium porrifolium (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Orchiastrum porrifolium (Lindl.) Greene
- Spiranthes romanzoffiana var. porrifolia (Lindl.) Ames & Correll
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wendy Herniman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wendy Herniman, 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.