Isotria medeoloides
Large Whorled Pogonia
Isotria verticillata
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf. Species
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- Botanical name
- Isotria verticillata
- Also known as
- Large Whorled Pogonia, Large Whorled Pogonia Orchid, Purple Five-Leaved Orchid
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Isotria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Large Whorled Pogonia
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 Isotria verticillata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Arethusa verticillata
Odonectis verticillata
Pogonia verticillata
Pogonia verticillata var. medeoloides
Others in Isotria
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