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Western rattlesnake plantain

Goodyera oblongifolia

Description:

Low-growing plant with pointed ovate dark green smooth leaves coming from a central base and decorated with a white central rib

Habitat:

In deep needle duff under dense stand of Pinus contorta plus Sitka spruce, red cedar, etc. less than a mile from the ocean.

Notes:

I see it blooms up through September, but there was no flower stalk on this one. It looked like an orchid plant.

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shebebusynow
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shebebusynow

Port Orford, Oregon

Spotted on Oct 8, 2011
Submitted on Oct 25, 2011

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