Cranefly Orchid - Tipularia discolor

Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton, Talbot Cnty, MD

Easton Quad 38076_G1

It produces a single leaf in the fall which stays green throughout the winter with purple pigmentation on the underside. The leaf dies off in the spring before the plant flowers in the summer. Tipularia has spots on its leaves and nectar spurs on flowers

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