Index / Search / Spiranthes ovalis
§1 Plant
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl.
vernacular October lady's tresses — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Spiranthes
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 216 counties across 23 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 216 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Powell 21197
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- Tensas 22107
- West Feliciana 22125
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Clay 29047
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- Oregon 29149
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Bath 51017
- Campbell 51031
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPOV ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2805384 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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