North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Orchidaceae > Aplectrum
	Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve Orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005 Uncommon in the mountains and northern piedmont of North Carolina, Puttyroot Orchid grows in rich woods.
	Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve Orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) Clay Co., NC 22 May 2005 Puttyroot Orchid produces a single leaf during the winter, which dies off in the spring before the flowering stalk is produced in the late spring/early summer.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.