Summary description from Wikipedia:

Spiranthes in languages:

Chinese

綬草屬

Czech

švihlík

Danish

Skrueaksslægten

English

Ladies'-tresses

English

Lady's Tresses

German

Wendelähren

German

Drehwurzen

German

Schraubenstendel

Japanese

ネジバナ属

Polish

kręczynka

Russian

Скрученник

Swedish

skruvaxsläktet

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Parent Taxon

• Orchidaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Aracamunia
• Aulosepalum
• Beloglottis
• Brachystele
• Buchtienia
• Coccineorchis
• Cotylolabium
• Cybebus
• Cyclopogon
• Degranvillea
• Deiregyne
• Dichromanthus
• Eltroplectris
• Espinhassoa
• Eurystyles
• Funkiella
• Greenwoodiella
• Hapalorchis
• Helonoma
• Kionophyton
• Lankesterella
• Lyroglossa
• Mesadenella
• Mesadenus
• Microthelys
• Nothostele
• Odontorrhynchus
• Pelexia
• Physogyne
• Pseudogoodyera
• Pteroglossa
• Quechua
• Sacoila
• Sarcoglottis
• Sauroglossum
• Schiedeella
• Skeptrostachys
• Sotoa
• Spiranthes
• Stalkya
• Stenorrhynchos
• Svenkoeltzia
• Thelyschista
• Veyretia

Child Taxa

• Spiranthes aestivalis
• Spiranthes brevilabris
• Spiranthes cernua
• Spiranthes delitescens
• Spiranthes diluvialis
• Spiranthes eatonii
• Spiranthes graminea
• Spiranthes infernalis
• Spiranthes lacera
• Spiranthes laciniata
• Spiranthes lucida
• Spiranthes nebulorum
• Spiranthes odorata
• Spiranthes perexilis
• Spiranthes porrifolia
• Spiranthes praecox
• Spiranthes pusilla
• Spiranthes romanzoffiana
• Spiranthes sinensis
• Spiranthes spiralis
• Spiranthes sylvatica
• Spiranthes torta
• Spiranthes tuberosa
• Spiranthes vernalis
• Spiranthes × eamesii
• Spiranthes × heteroaustralis
• Spiranthes × intermedia
• Spiranthes × sierrae
• Spiranthes × simpsonii
• Spiranthes × stellata
• Spiranthes × zahlbruckneri

Top Observation Places

• Victoria
• Lewisville
• Framingham
• Framingham Center
• Mesquite
• Halifax
• Dartmouth
• Chapel Hill