Status: Native
Synonyms:
Pyrola secunda Linnaeus
Ramischia secunda (Linnaeus) Garcke
Orthilia secunda looks like a Pyrola, except that the leaves are not all basal. Some definitely are cauline. The flowers on Orthilia secunda are all on one side of the stem, a characteristic called "secund." Orthilia secunda is found at upper elevation in the moist understory of the mixed conifer forest.
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Orthilia secunda, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed Gilbert, Angela Flanders, Elroy Limmer, Charles Holmes and the Thursday hiking group, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 3, 2009
Orthilia secunda, capsules with persistent styles, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed Gilbert, Angela Flanders, Elroy Limmer, Charles Holmesand the Thursday hiking group, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 3, 2009
Orthilia secunda, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed Gilbert, Angela Flanders, Elroy Limmer, Charles Holmes and the Thursday hiking group, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 3, 2009
Orthilia secunda, closeup of capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed Gilbert, Angela Flanders, Elroy Limmer, Charles Holmes and the Thursday hiking group, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 3, 2009
Orthilia secunda, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed Gilbert, Angela Flanders, Elroy Limmer, Charles Holmes and the Thursday hiking group, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 3, 2009
Orthilia secunda, DAZ herbarium (label to be annotated), collector C.A. Huff and Diego Villalba 1658, 19 July 1994, near Silver Creek Divide
Orthilia secunda, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Bill Norris, Leith Young, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 13, 2009
Orthilia secunda, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Bill Norris, Leith Young, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., on the trail from Sandy Point to Bead Spring, Sept. 13, 2009
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