Goodyera repens
Creeping Lady's Tresses [goodyera Repens], Creeping Ladys Tresses
Other regional names: Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain
- Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain
Also known as: Elasmatium repens (L.) Dulac +17 more
- Elasmatium repens (L.) Dulac
- Epipactis chinensis (Schltr.) Hu
- Epipactis ophioides (Fernald) House ex A.Heller
- Epipactis repens (L.) Crantz
- Epipactis repens (L.) Schrank, 1789
- Epipactis repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.A.Eaton
- Gonogona repens (L.) Link
- Goodyera brevis Schltr.
- Goodyera chinensis Schltr.
- Goodyera mairei Schltr.
- Goodyera ophioides (Fernald) Rydb.
- Goodyera pubescens var. repens (L.) Alph.Wood
- Goodyera repens f. ophioides (Fernald) P.M.Br.
- Goodyera repens subsp. ophioides (Fernald) Á.Löve & W.Simon
- Goodyera repens var. japonica Nakai
- Goodyera repens var. ophioides Fernald
- Goodyera repens var. repens
- Helleborine sechuanica (Ames & Schltr.) Soó
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Orchidaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a rhizomatous geophyte.
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Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, Goodyera repens (commonly known as Creeping Lady's-tresses [Goodyera repens] or Creeping Ladys-tresses) is a rhizomatous orchid belonging to the Orchidaceae family. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Belgium