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Checkered rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera tesselata BB-1913.png
1913 illustration
Scientific classification
Genus:
Goodyera
Species:
tesselata
Synonyms
  • Peramium tesselatum (Lodd.) A. Heller
  • Orchiodes tesselatum (Lodd.) Kuntze
  • Epipactis tesselata (Lodd.) A.A. Eaton
  • Goodyera repens var. tesselata (Lodd.) B. Boivin

Goodyera tesselata is a plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), called by the common name checkered rattlesnake plantain. It is native to eastern Canada from Manitoba to Newfoundland, and to the northeastern United States from Maine to Maryland, west to Minnesota .

Goodyera tesselata has low basal leaves with white reticulated lines. The inflorescence is an upright stalk with small white flowers.

  • Goodyera tesselata 17230

    plant form

  • Goodyera tesselata 57591544

    flowers

  • Goodyera tesselata 93897846

    leaves

See also

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