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|accepted_name=Spiranthes floridana
|accepted_authority=(Wherry) Cory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=38: 405. 1936
|year=1936
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ibidium floridanum
|authority=Wherry
|publication_title=J. Wash. Acad. Sci.
|publication_place=21: 49, fig. 1. 1931
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana
|authority=(Wherry) Luer
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana
|authority=(Wherry) Correll
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Spiranthes;Spiranthes floridana
|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 floridana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 536
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>7–40 cm. <b>Roots</b> few–numerous, spreading to descending, mostly to 0.5 cm diam., stout. <b>Leaves</b> usually persisting through anthesis, 3–5, basal, spreading, oval-oblanceolate, 2–6 × 1–2 cm. <b>Spikes</b> secund to loosely spiraled, 8–10 flowers per cycle of spiral; rachis glabrous to sparsely pubescent, trichomes commonly minute, abortive; any glands stalked, trichomes then capitate. <b>Flowers</b> creamy yellow to pale greenish yellow; sepals 5 × 1 mm, distinct to base, appressed; petals elliptic, slightly oblique, linear to lance-oblong, 5 × 1 mm, apex acute to obtuse; lip commonly yellow centrally, ovate to oblong, 5 × 2.5 mm, apex dilated, yellow and papillate-pubescent, its margin crisped, finely lacerate; veins several, branches very short; basal calli long-pointed, mostly to 1 mm; viscidium linear-lanceolate; ovary mostly 3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> monoembryonic.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Apr.
|habitat=Dry to moist roadsides, fields
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Spiranthes floridana</i> and <i>S. brevilabris</i> are often and easily confused, although the degree of pubescence is an excellent diagnostic tool in the field.</p><!--
--><p>This species has become very uncommon, with only a single extant population known in 1998–2000.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Spiranthes floridana
|author=
|authority=(Wherry) Cory
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Spiranthes brevilabris var. floridana;Spiranthes gracilis var. floridana
|basionyms=Ibidium floridanum
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Apr.
|habitat=Dry to moist roadsides, fields
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=1936
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1087.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Spiranthes
|species=Spiranthes floridana
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