Much like no. 15 [Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook.]; relatively small, with only 1 or 2 well developed foliage lvs, the others reduced to a few distant bracts; racemes short, broad, and loosely fld; lateral sep reflexed against the ovary; lip narrowly elliptic, ca 13 נ3 mm, not fringed, merely serrate distally; spur curved, mostly 4-5 cm. Deep shade of moist deciduous forests; Cumberland Plateau region in Ky. and Tenn., and irregularly to the Great Smoky Mts. in Tenn. and the Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain in Ga., Ala., and Miss. Aug., Sept.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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