Green adder's-mouth orchid facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Green adder's-mouth orchid
1829 illustration
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Malaxis
Species:	unifolia
Synonyms
Orchis ophioglossoides Walter Malaxis ophioglossoides Muhl. ex Willd. Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf. Microstylis ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. ex Eaton Prescottia ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. Microstylis ophioglossoides var. mexicana Lindl. Achroanthes laxiflora Raf. Achroanthes obtusifolia Raf. Malaxis thlaspiformis A.Rich. & Galeotti Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Microstylis grisebachiana Fawc. & Rendle Malaxis grisebachiana (Fawc. & Rendle) Fawc. & Rendle Malaxis unifolia f. bifolia Mousley Malaxis unifolia f. variegata Mousley Malaxis amplexicolumna E.W.Greenw. & R.Gonzál

Malaxis unifolia in southern Cumberlands

Malaxis unifolia, or the green adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid occurring from eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland to Manitoba), the central and eastern United States (Maine to Florida, west as far as Minnesota, eastern Kansas, and eastern Texas), Mexico, Central America and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic).

Malaxis unifolia generally has only one leaf, but rarely two. Flowers are green, in a raceme, often resembling an umbel at first before it elongates.