Austral ladie's tresses (Spiranthes heteroaustralis)
Description
Slender terrestrial herb, 16–50 cm high.Leaves 3–10, basal, narrow- to broad-linear, 4–10 cm long, passing into 2 or 3 stem bracts.Flowers bright pink in a dense spiral spike; subtending bracts pubescent. Perianth segments 4–5 mm long. Labellum mostly white, very concave above; margins entire near the base, then fringed and crisped; lamina with 2 ovoid glands at base. Column much shorter than the labellum. Stigma U-shaped; pollinia narrow-pyriform.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Spiranthes
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