ladies' tresses

English

Spiranthes spiralis

Wikispecies

Noun

ladies' tresses pl (plural only)

1. Any of several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals around a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

Synonyms

• lady's traces

Derived terms

• Spiranthes arcisepala M.C. Pace (2017) – Appalachian ladies'-tresses (Northeastern US & Maritime Canada)
• Spiranthes australis (R.Br.) Lindl. – Austral ladies tresses (southern Caspian Sea and Himalayan Mountains to the South-West Pacific)
• Spiranthes bightensis M.C. Pace (2021) – Atlantic ladies'-tresses (Mid-Atlantic USA)
• Spiranthes brevilabris Lindl. (1840) – Texas ladies'-tresses (southeastern USA)
• Spiranthes casei Catling & Cruise (1974) – Case's ladies'-tresses (eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. (1817) – nodding ladies'-tresses (eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes delitescens Sheviak (1990) – reclusive ladies'-tresses (Southeastern Arizona)
• Spiranthes diluvialis Sheviak (1984) – Ute's ladies'-tresses (Rocky Mountains USA)
• Spiranthes eatonii Ames ex P.M.Br. (1999) – Eaton's ladies'-tresses (southeastern USA)
• Spiranthes flexuosa (Sm.) Lindl. (1824) – Nepalese ladies'-tresses (Himalayan Mountains to SE Asia, southern Japan, and Indonesia)
• Spiranthes floridana (Wherry) Cory (1936) – Florida ladies'-tresses (Florida and Texas)
• Spiranthes graminea Lindl. (1840) – Canelo ladies'-tresses (Arizona, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua)
• Spiranthes igniorchis M.C. Pace (2017) – fire ladies'-tresses (Florida)
• Spiranthes incurva (Jenn.) M.C. Pace (2017) – Sphinx ladies'-tresses (Midwestern US & southern Canada)
• Spiranthes infernalis Sheviak (1989) – Ash Meadows ladies'-tresses (Nevada)
• Spiranthes × kapnosperia M.C.Pace (2017) – Smoky ladies'-tresses (Smoky Mountains region)
• Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. (1833) – northern slender ladies'-tresses (central and eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes laciniata (Small) Ames (1905) – lace-lipped ladies'-tresses (southeastern USA)
• Spiranthes longilabris Lindl. (1840) – giant-spiral ladies'-tresses (southeastern USA)
• Spiranthes lucida (H.H.Eaton) Ames (1908) – shining ladies'-tresses (eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak (1973) – Great Plains ladies'-tresses (central and eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes niklasii M.C. Pace (2017) – Niklas' ladies'-tresses (Ouachita Mountains)
• Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb. (1932) – yellow nodding ladies'-tresses (eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. (1840) – fragrant ladies'-tresses, marsh ladies'-tresses (southeastern USA)
• Spiranthes ovalis Lindl. (1840) – October ladies'-tresses (eastern Canada & USA)
• Spiranthes perexilis (Sheviak) M.C. Pace (2019) – Slender starry ladies'-tresses (Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA)
• Spiranthes porrifolia Lindl. (1840) – leek-leaved ladies'-tresses, creamy ladies'-tresses (western USA)
• Spiranthes praecox (Walter) S.Watson in A.Gray (1890) – early-blooming spiranthes, green-vein ladies'-tresses (eastern USA)
• Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. (1828) – hooded ladies'-tresses (British Isles, North America)
• Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet in R.A.Howard (1974) – southern ladies'-tresses (Florida, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America)
• Spiranthes triloba J.K. Schum. (1898) – Panther ladies'-tresses (Florida)
• Spiranthes tuberosa Raf. (1833) – little ladies'-tresses (eastern USA)
• Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A.Gray (1845) – spring ladies'-tresses (North America, Bahamas)

References

• “Ladies' tresses”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.