North Carolina and other Wildflowers

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Orchidaceae > Goodyera (rattlesnake-plantain)
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 19 July 2020
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 19 July 2020
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 19 July 2020
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 Common statewide in North Carolina in forested habitats, and also known as Downy Rattlesnake-Plantain, this orchid is distinctive even when not in flower.
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 Old flowering stalk with ripening fruits. When ripe, fruits will become little capsules with hundreds of tiny, dust-like seeds.
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 19 July 2020
	Downy Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 19 July 2020

The following species are not found in North Carolina

	Western Rattlesnake-plantain, Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia) Clearwater Co., ID 12 May 2010 Widespread in northern and western North America.
	Western Rattlesnake-plantain, Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia) Clearwater Co., ID 12 May 2010

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.