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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Malaxis unifolia
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2: 157. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Green adder’s-mouth;malaxis unifolié
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malaxis ophioglossoides
|authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malaxis thlaspiformis
|authority=A. Richard & Galeotti
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Microstylis grisebachiana
|authority=Fawcett & Rendle
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Malaxideae;Malaxis;Malaxis unifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Malaxideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malaxis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malaxis unifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 627, 628
|treatment_page=page 630
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>3–50 cm. <b>Pseudobulbs</b> 5–20 mm diam. <b>Leaves</b> 1(–2, rarely), near middle of stem; blade bright green, glossy, narrowly to broadly ovate, keeled abaxially, 1.6–10 × 0.5–5 cm, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, appearing umbellate before elongation of rachis, 1–13 cm; floral bracts triangular, 0.16–1.4 mm; pedicels (3.8–)5–10(–13) mm. <b>Flowers</b> 10–160, resupinate, green; dorsal sepal oblong-elliptic, 1.1–1.9(–2.2) × 0.5–1 mm, apex acuminate; lateral sepals oblong-elliptic, 1.1–1.9(–2.2) × 0.5–1 mm, apex acuminate; petals strongly recurved, linear to filiform, slightly falcate, 0.8–1.7(–3) × 0.1–0.2(–0.3) mm; lip rhombic-deltate to cordate-ovate or oblong-elliptic, 1.1–2.3 × 1–2.2 mm, base cordate or auriculate, auricles less than 0.6 times as long as distance from base of lip to apex of middle lobe, apex 3-dentate; column 0.4–0.6 × 0.4–0.6 mm; pollinia yellow. <b>Capsules</b> spreading to slightly drooping, subglobose to ellipsoid, 8 × 4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall (south–north).
|habitat=Swamps, bogs, sand barrens, heathlands, and dry woods
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies;n Central America.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malaxis unifolia
|author=
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Malaxis ophioglossoides;Malaxis thlaspiformis;Microstylis grisebachiana
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall (south–north).
|habitat=Swamps, bogs, sand barrens, heathlands, and dry woods
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies;n Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1290.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Malaxideae
|genus=Malaxis
|species=Malaxis unifolia
}}<!--

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