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§1 Plant
Cleistes divaricata (L.) Ames
vernacular rosebud orchid — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cleistes
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 57 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 57 counties across 7 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CLDI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3653890 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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