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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ponthieva racemosa
|accepted_authority=(Walter) C. Mohr
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=6: 460. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|common_names=Shadow witch
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Arethusa racemosa
|authority=Walter
|publication_title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication_place=222. 1788
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Neottia glandulosa
|authority=Sims
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ponthieva glandulosa
|authority=(Sims) R. Brown
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae;Ponthieva;Ponthieva racemosa
|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 Cranichidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ponthieva]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ponthieva racemosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 547
|treatment_page=page 548
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>30–60 cm. <b>Roots</b> 2–3 mm diam. <b>Stems</b> subterranean, short. <b>Leaves</b> green at anthesis, 2–6, subpetiolate; blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–17 × 2–5 cm, apex rounded to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle to 25 cm, partially enclosed by tubular sheaths, proximalmost sometimes leafy; rachis laxly 20–35-flowered, 5–25 cm; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, clasping base of ovary, to 10 mm, apex acuminate, pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals greenish white, adaxially pubescent; dorsal sepal distinct, ovate-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 4–7 × 2–3 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals broadly, obliquely ovate, 4.3–6.5 × 2.5–3.5 mm, apex acute to obtuse; petals white, green-veined, obliquely triangular, 4–6 × 3.5–5 mm, margins minutely ciliate or entire, glabrous; lip white with green, deeply concave center, distinctly clawed, suborbiculate, 5–7 × 5–7 mm, apex short-caudate; column white, 4–5 mm; pedicellate ovary 10–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 8–13 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering fall–winter (Sep–Feb).
|habitat=Moist, shady hammocks, swamps, ravines, wet savannas, pine forests
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>In Florida, <i>Ponthieva racemosa</i> is self-compatible but not autogamous. Natural fruit-set in one population in northern Florida was 35% (J. D. Ackerman 1995). In Florida, small halictid bees were observed visiting the flowers (C. A. Luer 1972).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ponthieva racemosa
|author=
|authority=(Walter) C. Mohr
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Neottia glandulosa;Ponthieva glandulosa
|basionyms=Arethusa racemosa
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering fall–winter (Sep–Feb).
|habitat=Moist, shady hammocks, swamps, ravines, wet savannas, pine forests
|elevation=0–50 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1901
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae
|genus=Ponthieva
|species=Ponthieva racemosa
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