Orchidaceae FAMILY

Aplectrum hyemale

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aplectrum hyemale is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a single leaf and a flowering stem 18 - 50cm tall from an underground corm. The corm produces slender rhizomes on which new corms are formed, the plant gradually spreading to form a colony[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and an adhesive.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Minnesota to Quebe, south to Oklahoma and Georgia

HabitatDeep shade in the leaf litter of the forest floor[ 230 Title Hardy Orchids. Orchids for the Garden and Frost-free Greenhouse. Publication Author Cribb. P. & Bailes. C. Publisher Christopher Helm. London. Year 1989 ISBN 0 7470 0416 1 Description An excellent book looking at the orchids that can be grown outdoors in temperate climates and giving lots of information on how to grow them. Very lttle information on their uses. ]. Woods and swamps[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ]. Moist, deciduous, upland to swampy forests; at elevations from sea level to 1,200 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].