A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Orchidaceae » Corallorhiza mertensiana
Last updated 3/8/2021 by David Giblin.
Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong.[FNA26, HC, HC2]
Pacific coralroot, western coralroot
Publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 165. 1832.
Origin: Native
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: FNA26: "In the Pacific Northwest Corallorhiza mertensiana is largely sympatric with C. maculata and occasionally intergrades with it. It frequently forms large clumps."
References: (none)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. ssp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
Corallorhiza purpurea L.O. Williams
