Lesser rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera repens)

Lesser rattlesnake plantain, a reference photo — Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Goodyera repens, a small forest orchid in the genus Goodyera. It is known by the common name creeping lady's-tresses in Anglophone Europe and dwarf rattlesnake plantain or lesser rattlesnake plantain in North America.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Lesser rattlesnake plantain being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Goodyera tesselata

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Goodyera
Species: Goodyera repens

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