Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Aplectrum hyemale

Common Name:

Puttyroot

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial

Bloom Time:

May - June

Bloom Area:

Mountains, Piedmont

State Rank:

S4 (*)

Blooming Plant

Puttyroot

© David R. McAdoo

Blooms

Puttyroot

© Jeannette Lundy

Closeup of Blooms

Puttyroot

© David R. McAdoo

Leaves and a Dead Bloomstalk

Puttyroot

February 2008
© Tom Harville

A single leaf

Puttyroot

December 2004
© Tom harville

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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