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| Goodyera oblongifolia Raf. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Orchidaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Goodyera | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Goodyera decipiens (Hook.) F.T. Hubbard Goodyera oblongifolia var. reticulata Boivin Peramium decipiens (Hook.) Piper |
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| Common Names: | western rattlesnake plantain giant rattlesnake plantain Menzies rattlesnake plantain green-leaved rattlesnake plantain |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | British Columbia – southwestern Alberta, southwestern Saskatchewan, Ontario – Quebec – New Brunswick – Nova Scotia | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Uplands | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | moist shady coniferous woods | ||||||||
| Canada: | dry coniferous or mixed woods | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Western rattlesnake plantain is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan and is regionally restricted to one subregion in the province. Some local populations are small; however, no threats are known or anticipated. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 40 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | rhizomes creeping; roots thick | ||||||||
| Stems: | erect, densely glandular-hairy | ||||||||
| Leaves: | basal, 3 – 7, stalk wide, blades 3 – 11 cm long, 1.5 – 3.5 cm wide, elliptic to oval, tapering at base, more or less fleshy, dark bluish-green, streaked with white along midrib, occasionally with fine white lateral veins, densely glandular-hairy | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | unbranched, spiralled or one-sided, 10 – 48-flowered, to 12 cm long; inflorescence stalk 7 – 38 cm long; bracts 6 – 9 mm long | ||||||||
| Flowers: | sepals greenish-white, lateral sepals and petals fused to form a hood; hood 5 – 10 mm long; petals greenish-white, midrib green; lip boat-shaped, inner surface with 4 unequal rows of glands, beak about 2/3 length of body, margin entire to inrolled; anther acuminate; pollen masses long-tapered; ovary stout | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule obovoid or ellipsoid | ||||||||
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