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| Malaxis paludosa (L.) Sw. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Orchidaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Malaxis | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Hammarba paludosa (L.) Kuntze | ||||||||
| Common Names: | bog adder’s-mouth orchid | ||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southwestern Mackenzie District, northwestern and central British Columbia, central Alberta, northwestern and central Saskatchewan, west-central Manitoba, west-central Ontario | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northwestern and central Saskatchewan; McKague – Macdowall, Lake Athabasca | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Boreal Transition, Mid-Boreal Upland, Churchill River Upland, Athabasca Plain | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | wet black spruce woods and bogs | ||||||||
| Canada: | Betula nana, Calla palustris, Drosera anglica, Pinus mariana, Utricularia intermedia | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G3 N3 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Malaxis paludosa is endangered because it is rare in Saskatchewan and is almost always locally sparse. No immediate threats are known at the present time. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 3 - 20 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | underground corms; roots fibrous | ||||||||
| Stems: | pseudobulb at base; stem erect, very slender | ||||||||
| Leaves: | basal, 2 – 5, 1 – 3 cm long, ovate to lanceolate, base sheathing and enclosing a daughter bulb, apex rounded | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | raceme 1 – 9 cm long, 2 – 30-flowered, slender, spicate; floral bracts lanceolate; pedicels 2 – 3 mm long | ||||||||
| Flowers: | not resupinate, small; calyx and corolla less than 3 mm long, green or yellowish; dorsal sepal ovate to lanceolate, erect, lateral sepals reflexed; corolla half as long as calyx, strongly recurved; labellum ovate, erect, conspicuously green-nerved | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule ascending | ||||||||
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