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PLANTS

Hooded ladies'-tresses

Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialWhite flowers
Hooded ladies'-tresses, photo 1 of 5
Hooded ladies'-tresses, In flower
Hooded ladies'-tresses, Flower buds
76 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 76 cm. Grows in fields and in marshes.

There are 389 observations of Hooded ladies'-tresses in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord131
  2. Nord-du-Québec53
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent37
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine35
  5. Capitale-Nationale32
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches30
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean17
  8. Laurentides15
  9. Centre-du-Québec10
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue9
  11. Estrie8
  12. Lanaudière6
  13. Mauricie4
  14. Montréal1
  15. Outaouais1

Habitat

FieldsHubert Figuière
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

Similar species

Sphinx ladies'-tressesSpiranthes incurva
Boreal bog orchidPlatanthera dilatata
Huron green orchidPlatanthera huronensis
Yellow nodding lady's tressesSpiranthes ochroleuca
Lesser rattlesnake plantainGoodyera repens
Shining ladies'-tressesSpiranthes lucida
Northern green orchidPlatanthera aquilonis
Western rattlesnake plantainGoodyera oblongifolia