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Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
late May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
June - July
Puttyroot has only one leaf, which develops in late summer and has prominent longitudinal light ribs. The leaf persists throughout winter, then dies off before the foot-high flower stalk emerges and blooms in late spring. Its flowers are greenish to yellow and tinged with reddish purple. The dried stalk and seed remnants often remain throughout the winter when the leaf is present.
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26 October 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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22 March 2015
Scott's Run Nature Area, McLean, VA 
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20 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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7 May 2023
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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7 May 2023
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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20 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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20 May 2013
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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8 December 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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