Index / Search / Spiranthes praecox
§1 Plant
Spiranthes praecox (Walter) S. Watson
vernacular greenvein lady's tresses — species · Orchidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Spiranthes
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 235 counties across 16 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 235 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chattooga 13055
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Dodge 13091
- Early 13099
- Houston 13153
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Lee 13177
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Screven 13251
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Walker 13295
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Franklin 37069
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Johnston 37101
- Martin 37117
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Brazos 48041
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Galveston 48167
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Polk 48373
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Shelby 48419
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Louisa 51109
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SPPR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2805498 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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