Cochise adder's-mouth orchid facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cochise adder's-mouth orchid |
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Malaxis
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porphyrea
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Microstylis purpurea S.Watson 1883, illegitimate homonym not Lindl. 1830
Microstylis porphyrea Ridl. 1888 Achroanthes porphyrea (Ridl.) Wooton & Standl. Achroanthes purpurea Greene |
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Malaxis porphyrea, the Cochise adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid native to northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua) and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico). It is an herb up to 45 cm (18 in) tall with only one leaf below tiny purple flowers in an elongated cluster.
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