Orchidaceae
Little lady's tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- لولوبة درنية
- English
- Little lady's tresses
Synonyms
- Gyrostachys grayi Britton
- Spiranthes grayi Ames
- Spiranthes simplex A.Gray
- Spiranthes tuberosa var. grayi (Ames) Fernald
- Spiranthes tuberosa var. tuberosa
- Triorchis grayi (Ames) Nieuwl.
- Triorchos grayi (Ames) Nieuwl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, 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: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, 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.