Neottia auriculata (syn. Listera auriculata), the auricled twayblade,[2] is a species of terrestrial orchid found in northeastern North America (Labrador, New Brunswick and Maine west to Manitoba and Minnesota.[1][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Neottieae |
| Genus: | Neottia |
| Species: | N. auriculata
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| Neottia auriculata (Wiegand) Szlach.[1]
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Description
editN. auriculata when mature, has two ovate, sessile leaves that are paired on the stem but arranged oppositely.[5] It has small pale-green flowers with three sepals and three petals, the lowest petal is modified into a wider lip - which is divided from one-fourth to one-third its length.[5]
Distribution and habitat
editN. auriculata is a rare orchid species, which was in 1975 proposed as a threatened species in the US, but subsequent surveys found that it existed in greater abundance than initially thought.[5] In the Great lakes region it occupies a very specific habitat, which has sandy soils just about the high water line of rivers that enter lake Superior. It is associated with alders or mossy-banks under trees.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Neottia auriculata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-04-05
- ^ "Plants Profile for Listera auriculata (auricled twayblade)", USDA Plants, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, retrieved 2012-04-05 (as Listera auriculata)
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 589, Auricled twayblade, Listera auriculata Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 26: 166, plate 356, fig. 2. 1899.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map, Neottia auriculata
- ^ a b c d Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
External links
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Media related to Neottia auriculata at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Neottia auriculata at Wikispecies
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