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§1 Plant
Malaxis unifolia Michx.
vernacular green adder's-mouth orchid — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Malaxis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 555 counties across 33 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 555 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Gogebic 26053
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montmorency 26119
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Cass 27021
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Marshall 27089
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Johnson 47091
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Sevier 47155
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MAUN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2808176 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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