Pacific coralroot

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Corallorhiza mertensiana, or Pacific coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to the shady conifer forests of northwestern North America. It also goes by the common names Western coralroot and Mertens' coralroot. Corallorhiza mertensiana was previously considered a subspecies of Corallorhiza maculata but was given species rank in 1997 by Freudenstein.

• It belongs to the Orchidaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as an herb (forb) with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 7 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to Washington, Wyoming and Alaska. ^NatureServe
• In Washington, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in May–August. ^iNaturalist
• In Wyoming, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in June–July. ^iNaturalist
• iNaturalist has 1,988 research-grade sightings of it in Washington, ranking #97 among the 110 flowers on our Washington list. ^iNaturalist
• iNaturalist has 525 research-grade sightings of it in Wyoming, ranking #54 among the 107 flowers on our Wyoming list. ^iNaturalist
• iNaturalist has 451 research-grade sightings of it in Alaska, ranking #97 among the 108 flowers on our Alaska list. ^iNaturalist