Summary[edit] Description: English: Spiranthes magnicamporum photographed in Montgomery county, Ohio on 2020/09/19. Closeup of flowers. Date: 19 September 2020, 14:14:41. Source: Own work. Author: Allefant. Camera location39° 42′ 53.88″ N, 84° 15′ 57.29″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 39.714967; -84.265914.
close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a complete spiked flower head with several flower buds at the top, full open blooms in the middle, and several seed heads with the petals just dying back at the bottom.
close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing part of a spiked flower head detailing several individual blooms.This species is featured in the soon-to-be-published book, Elusive Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing the tip of a spiked flower head detailing the tight twist of the flowers that gave rise to the common name LADIES' TRESSES.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Spiranthes magnicamporum photographed in Montgomery county, Ohio on 2020/09/19. Inflorescene of plant. Date: 19 September 2020, 14:13:41. Source: Own work. Author: Allefant. Camera location39° 42′ 53.75″ N, 84° 15′ 57.29″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 39.714931; -84.265914.
close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a larger part of the spiked flower head.
close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing one of the few stem leaves, grasslike in shape. Stem leaves and basal leaves of this species often die back just before or at bloom time.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Species from central North America Common name: Great Plains ladies'-tresses Photographed at Terre Noir Natural Area, Clark County, Arkansas. Date: 13 October 2016, 09:10:20. Source: Own work. Author: Eric Hunt.