Malaxis monophyllos
White Adder’s Mouth
Also known as: Achroanthes monophylla (L.) Greene +6 more
- Achroanthes monophylla (L.) Greene
- Achroanthes monophyllos (L.) Greene
- Epipactis monophylla (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Leptorchis japonica (Maxim.) Kuntze
- Malaxis monophyllos f. monophyllos
- Microstylis monophyllos (L.) Lindl.
- Ophrys monophyllos L.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Orchidaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a pseudobulbous geophyte.
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Malaxis monophyllos (commonly known as White Adder’s Mouth) is an orchid belonging to the Orchidaceae family. Originating in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Malesia, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
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