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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Monocotyledoneae
      Order: Orchidales
        Family: Orchidaceae
          Genus: Hexalectris
            Species: arizonica

Arizona Crested Coralroot - Hexalectris arizonica

Arizona Crested Coralroot

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Stems pinkish-red, pinkish-yellow, or pinkish white; flowers with sepals pale creamy yellow or dull pale pinkish-purple with pinkish-red, pinkish-brown or pinkish-purple veins, connivent or spreading apically; dorsal sepal lanceolate to oblong, 15-18 by 2.7-4.5 mm; lateral sepals 13-15 by 4-7 mm; petals, mostly cream to white with pinkish-red or pinkish-brown veins, obovate, falcate, 14-16 by 4-5 mm; lip white or creamy-white, 12-14.5 by 10-12 mm, the five central veins with keels 0.2-0.7 mm high, midlobe pinkish-purple, with darkened pinkish-red or reddish-purple veins, with several longitudinal crests, the margin whitish, the lateral lobes similar; column white to cream, arcuate, 11-14 mm long, rostellum absent (or occasionally present). Flowers May through July.

Status

Global Rank: G5T3

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status: BLM WATCH

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 5

Number of Mapped Locations: 5

Number of Observations: 5

Observation date range: 08-21-1969 to 07-02-2024

External Links

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  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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