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|accepted_name=Piperia candida
|accepted_authority=Rand. Morgan & Ackerman
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Lindleyana
|place=5: 207, figs. 1H–N, 2. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae;Piperia;Piperia candida
|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 Orchideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Piperia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Piperia candida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 572
|treatment_page=page 574
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>10–60 cm. <b>Stems</b> uniform toward base, 0.7–3.5 mm diam. distal to leaves; bracts 2–5(–10). <b>Leaves</b> prostrate to erect-spreading; blade 5–18 × 1.1–3.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> sparsely flowered, ± secund, (2–)10–30 cm; rachis shorter than or equal to peduncle; bracts 3–10 mm. <b>Flowers</b> white, fragrance faint, harsh to honeylike; sepals oblong-elliptic, 1.8–3.5(–4.5) × 1–1.9 mm; dorsal sepal projecting to ± recurved; lateral sepals deflexed, ± twisted; petals usually projecting forward and ± connivent, white, midvein faintly green, asymmetrically lanceolate, 2–4 × 1 mm; lip recurved, triangular-ovate, (1.5–)2–3(–4 mm) × 1–2.8 mm; spur curved, tapered, 1.5–4 mm; viscidia broadly elliptic to ovate, 0.3–0.6 × 0.2–0.4 mm; rostellum ± elongate. <b>Capsules</b> 5–9 mm. <b>Seeds</b> cinnamon brown. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
|habitat=Conifer and mixed evergreen forests, chaparral, sometimes on serpentine soils, not more than 150 km from coast
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>The flowers in <i>Piperia candida</i> are more completely white and more ephemeral than in any other member of the genus.</p>
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name=Piperia candida
|authority=Rand. Morgan & Ackerman
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
|habitat=Conifer and mixed evergreen forests, chaparral, sometimes on serpentine soils, not more than 150 km from coast
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Lindleyana
|publication year=1990
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1173.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae
|genus=Piperia
|species=Piperia candida
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