View source for Corallorhiza mertensiana

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|accepted_name=Corallorhiza mertensiana
|accepted_authority=Bongard
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, Sér.
|place=6, Sci. Math. 2: 165. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|common_names=Merten’s coral-root;western coral-root
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana
|authority=(Bongard) Calder & Roy L. Taylor
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Corallorhiza purpurea
|authority=L. O. Williams
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Corallorhizinae;Corallorhiza;Corallorhiza mertensiana
|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 Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Corallorhizinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Corallorhiza]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Corallorhiza mertensiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 633
|treatment_page=page 638
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>± strongly thickened, base not bulbous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: racemes dense, 35–65 × 1.5–4 cm. <b>Flowers</b> 8–35, showy; perianth open; sepals reddish purple, sometimes yellowish near base, or completely yellow, lanceolate, 3-veined, 6–12 mm; dorsal sepal arching over column, nearly adhering to it; lateral sepals strongly spreading; petals arching over column, connivent with dorsal sepal, often yellowish basally, and streaked with purple, or completely yellow suffused with purple toward apex; lip red-purple, white, or white with purple streaks or spots, narrowly obovate, 4.8–9.5 × 2.5–5 mm, thin, usually with small (0.7 mm) tooth on each side, margins undulate-denticulate; column curved somewhat toward lip, yellow, often flushed with purple or white basally, and streaked or spotted with purple, 5–8.2 mm; ovary 5.9–10 mm; mentum prominent, protruding backward along ovary but free from it. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 10–25 × 6–9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Moist to dry coniferous and mixed woods
|elevation=0–2300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>In the Pacific Northwest <i>Corallorhiza mertensiana</i> is largely sympatric with <i>C. maculata</i> and occasionally intergrades with it. It frequently forms large clumps.</p>
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name=Corallorhiza mertensiana
|authority=Bongard
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana;Corallorhiza purpurea
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Moist to dry coniferous and mixed woods
|elevation=0–2300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, Sér.
|publication year=1832
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1310.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Corallorhizinae
|genus=Corallorhiza
|species=Corallorhiza mertensiana
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