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|accepted_name=Spiranthes laciniata
|accepted_authority=(Small) Ames
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Orchidaceae
|place=1: 120. 1905
|year=1905
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Gyrostachys laciniata
|authority=Small
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|publication_place=318, 1329. 1903
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ibidium laciniatum
|authority=(Small) House
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Spiranthes;Spiranthes laciniata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spiranthes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Spiranthes laciniata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 532
|treatment_page=page 534
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>20–95(–100+) cm. <b>Roots</b> numerous, spreading, mostly to 1 cm diam., slender. <b>Leaves</b> persisting through anthesis, to 5, basal, reduced to sheathing bracts upward on stem, spreading, linear-lanceolate, keeled, 5–40 × 1.7 cm, rigid. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes loosely to tightly spiraled, 5–9 flowers per cycle of spiral, sometimes nearly secund; rachis moderately to densely pubescent, some trichomes capitate, glands obviously stalked. <b>Flowers</b> mostly ascending, white to cream, slenderly tubular, gaping toward apex; sepals distinct to base, lanceolate, tapering in distal 1/3, 6–10 × 2–3 mm; lateral sepals spreading; petals linear, falcate, 7–9 × 2 mm, apex apiculate or sometimes crenulate; lip yellow centrally, ovate, 6–9 × 4 mm, apical margin laciniate-dentate, crisped; basal calli incurved, long-tapered, to 1 mm; viscidium linear-lanceolate; ovary mostly 5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> monoembryonic.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May (Fla)–Sep (north).
|habitat=Primarily on coastal plain in swamps, marshes, meadows, dry to damp roadsides, ditches, fields, cemeteries, lawns, occasionally in standing water
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Spiranthes laciniata</i> is easily distinguished from <i>S. vernalis</i>, which it superficially resembles, by its capitate trichomes. It typically flowers later than <i>S. vernalis</i> where the two are sympatric.</p>
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name=Spiranthes laciniata
|authority=(Small) Ames
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ibidium laciniatum
|basionyms=Gyrostachys laciniata
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering May (Fla)–Sep (north).
|habitat=Primarily on coastal plain in swamps, marshes, meadows, dry to damp roadsides, ditches, fields, cemeteries, lawns, occasionally in standing water
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Orchidaceae
|publication year=1905
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1084.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Spiranthes
|species=Spiranthes laciniata
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