Creeping Lady's-Tresses

Goodyera repens

(L.) R.Br. Species

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Botanical name
Goodyera repens
Also known as
Creeping Lady's-Tresses, Creeping Ladys-Tresses, Creeping Rattlesnake-Plantain, Dwarf Lesser Rattlesnake-Plantain, Dwarf Rattlesnake-Plantain, Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain, Lesser Rattlesnake-Plantain
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Goodyera
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Creeping Lady's-Tresses

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 repens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Elasmatium repens Epipactis chinensis Epipactis mairei Epipactis repens Epipactis repens var. ophioides Gonogona repens Goodyera brevis Goodyera chinensis Goodyera mairei Goodyera ophioides Goodyera pubescens var. repens Goodyera repens f. ophioides Goodyera repens subsp. ophioides Goodyera repens var. japonica Goodyera repens var. ophioides Goodyera repens var. repens Neottia repens Orchiodes repens Orchiodes resupinata Orchis repens Peramium repens Peramium repens var. ophioides Peramium secundum Satyrium hirsutum Satyrium repens Serapias repens Tussaca repens Tussaca secunda

Others in Goodyera

Goodyera afzelii
Goodyera alveolata
Goodyera alveolatus
Goodyera amoena
Goodyera angustifolia
Goodyera araneosa
Goodyera beccarii
Goodyera bifida

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