Species: Listera convallarioides

Broadleaf Twayblade

Species

Encyclopedia of Puget Sound

long, light green with a darker green center, narrow at the base and wide at the tip. Two shallow lobes at the tip make the lip resemble the folded wings of an insect. Sometimes there is a small tooth between the lobes. Reproduction by runners sometimes produces large colonies of plants.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Anthophyta

Class

Monocotyledoneae

Order

Orchidales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Listera

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Source:
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Classification

Informal Taxonomy

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Orchid Family

Formal Taxonomy

Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Orchidales - Orchidaceae - Listera

Ecology and Life History

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1985-04-10

Global Status Last Changed

1985-04-10

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

In eastern North America, this ranges from Newfoundland to southern Quebec, southern Ontario, and northeastern Minnesota, south to the northern sections of Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, and Maine. In western North America, this ranges from southern Brishish Columbia south to the high elevations of California, Arizona, Neveda, Utah, and Colorado. It is disjunct to South Dakota and scattered locations in northern British Columbia and the Aleutians.

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