Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.
 
FamilyOrchidaceae — APG family: Orchidaceae
SynonymsPeramium descipiens (Hook.) Piper., Goodyera descipiens (Hook.) Hubbard, Spiranthes descipiens Hook., Epipactis descipiens (Hook.) Ames, Goodyera menziesii Lindl.
DescriptionStem stout, glandular above, from short rootstock with fibrous roots; leaves in basal rosette; raceme 1-sided, lax; flowers white, tinged with green; perianth seg- ments glandular; petals and dorsal sepals forming hood; lip saccate with long, sulcate beak and involute margins.
EcologyMossy forests. Described from mountains of Oregon.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.