Orchidaceae
Lawn orchid
Zeuxine strateumatica
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Zeuxine
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 細葉線柱蘭, 细叶线柱兰, 線柱蘭, 线柱兰
- English
- Lawn orchid, Soldier's orchid
- Japanese
- キヌラン
- Spanish
- Tripleura pallida
Synonyms
- Adenostylis emarginata Blume
- Adenostylis integerrima Blume
- Adenostylis strateumatica (L.) Ames
- Adenostylis sulcata (Roxb.) Hayata
- Neottia strateumatica (L.) R.Br.
- Orchis strateumatica L.
- Pterygodium sulcata Roxb.
- Pterygodium sulcatum Roxb.
- Spiranthes strateumatica (L.) Lindl.
- Strateuma zeylanica Raf.
- Zeuxine bonii Gagnep.
- Zeuxine bracteata Wight
- Zeuxine brevifolia Wight
- Zeuxine emarginata (Blume) Lindl.
- Zeuxine integerrima (Blume) Lindl.
- Zeuxine procumbens Blume
- Zeuxine robusta Wight
- Zeuxine rupicola Fukuy.
- Zeuxine stenochila Schltr.
- Zeuxine strateumatica f. rupicola (Fukuy.) T.Hashim.
- Zeuxine strateumatica var. laxiflora I.Barua
- Zeuxine strateumatica var. rupicola (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying
- Zeuxine sulcata (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wight
- Zeuxine sulcata (Roxb.) Lindl.
- Zeuxine waruana Schltr.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February (from 982 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Augustus Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Burka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gwynmwilliams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 乌拉跨氪, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: naturalist132890, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LiCheng Shih, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LiCheng Shih, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LiCheng Shih, 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.