View source for Galearis ← Galearis You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Galearis |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Herb. Raf., |place=71. 1833 |year=1833 }} |common_names=Showy orchis |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae;Galearis |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>[[Galearis]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin galea, helmet |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 496 |treatment_page=page 550 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, scapose, rather succulent. <b>Roots</b> not tuberously thickened, fascicled, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> bractless proximal to inflorescence, conspicuously angled. <b>Leaves</b> [1–]2, basal, spreading, conduplicate, gradually narrowed to sheathing petioles; blade oblance-ovate to obovate, elliptic, or suborbiculate, apex rounded-obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, solitary, racemose spikes; bracts large, foliaceous. <b>Flowers</b> 2–15, resupinate, showy; lip protruding downward from hood formed by sepals and enclosing petals, base produced into spur; pollinaria 2; pollinia 2; viscidia within single 2-lobed bursicle; stigma concave, hidden behind bursicle. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=e North America;1 in e Asia. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Galearis |author=Charles J. Sheviak;Paul M. Catling |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=e North America;1 in e Asia. |reference=None |publication title=Herb. Raf., |publication year=1833 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1122.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae |genus=Galearis }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Galearis.