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§1 Plant
Malaxis brachypoda (A. Gray) Fernald
vernacular white adder's-mouth orchid — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Malaxis
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 92 counties across 13 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 92 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Menominee 26109
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Herkimer 36043
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MABR5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8189023 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T14:17:10Z
