Plant Portrait
Scientific Name: |
Tipularia discolor |
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Common Name: |
Cranefly Orchid |
Native/Alien: |
Native |
Type: |
Perennial |
Bloom Time: |
July - September |
Bloom Area: |
State-wide |
State Rank: |
S5 (*) |
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Blooming
© David R. McAdoo |
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Bloom Stalk The plant shows no leaves when it blooms, just the slender stalk of tiny flowers.
Black Mountain, August 2002
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Closeup of Bloomstalk
Black Mountain, August 2002
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Closeup of Blooms
© David R. McAdoo |
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Leaf A single leaf appears in autumn. (I surrounded it with bright leaves so it would show more clearly.) The leaf will persist over the winter, but disappear before a new bloomstalk comes up in the summer.
Black Mountain, October 2002
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Underside of Leaf The underside of the leaf is purple.
© Tom Harville |
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Plants after Winter
26 March 2005
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record |
