Spiranthes parksii Correll 1947
Photo by © Darren Henrichs and The Texas A & M University Digital Libraries Web site
TYPE Drawing by © Gordon Dillon
EARLIER TO MID 
Common Name Parks' Spiranthes [American Original Collector of Species 1900's] - In USA Navasota Ladies Tresses
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in eastern Texas in lightly shaded Pineywoods and Post Oak Savannah Regions as a small to just medium sized, cold growing terrestrial that is moderately to densely pubescent and has 2 to 3, basal or on the lower portion of the stem, linear-lanceolate, ascending to spreading, usually absent to shriveling at blooming which occurs in the earlier to mid fall on a terminal, erect, glandular-pubescent, peduncle to 13.2" [33 cm] long, rachis to 2" [5 cm] long, loosely spiraled, 8 to 15 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying in a single spiral rank, fragrant flowers.
"This species has no close allies in our flora. Its affinity seems to be with several, Mexican and Central American specis. The characteristiclly obovatepetals and elliptic lip are distinctive and conveniently separate S parksii from all others." Correll 1947
CAUTION!!Said by Kew to be a synnonym of Spiranthes cernua but I have left it separate for now.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 16: 400 Correll 1947 drawing fide
The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada Luer 1975 drawing fide;
Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Texas PM Brown 2008 photo fide
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