Downy Rattlesnake Plantain

Goodyera pubescens

(Willd.) R.Br. Species

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Botanical name
Goodyera pubescens
Also known as
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake-Plantain
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Goodyera
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Downy Rattlesnake Plantain

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Goodyera pubescens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Epipactis pubescens Epipactis willdenovii Goodyera pubescens var. minor Neottia pubescens Neottia repens Orchiodes pubescens Peramium pubescens Peramium pubescens Peramium tesselatum Satyrium repens Tussaca reticulata

Others in Goodyera

Goodyera foliosa
Goodyera repens
Creeping Lady's-Tresses
Goodyera similis
Goodyera afzelii
Goodyera alveolata
Goodyera alveolatus
Goodyera amoena
Goodyera angustifolia

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