YELLOW CORALROOT

Class: Corallorhiza trifida

Family: ORCHID FAMILY

Sub Family: Orchidaceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Northern Coralroot, Pale Coralroot, Early Coralroot

Colour: Greenish-yellow

Height: 10-35 cm (4-14")

Each Flower: 1 cm long (7/16"); greenish-yellow sepals and petals atop long greenish-yellow ovary; white lip may be purple-spotted and bordered on either side by a sepal; hood formed by 2 petals and third sepal which are all similar

Leaves: None

Stems: Pale green to yellowish, erect and smooth with a few sheath-like bracts

Blooming Period: May - July

Habitat: Moist, mossy ground in humus beneath coniferous trees, bogs and swampy areas

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