Listera


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Read about Listera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Listera (after Martin Lister, 1638(?)-1712). Orchidaceae. Small orchids, sometimes transferred to cultivated areas. Small, slender, erect herbs, with fibrous or sometimes fleshy roots, bearing a pair of opposite green lvs. near the middle, and 1 or 2 scales near the base of the st.: fls. small, spurless, in a terminal raceme; sepals and petals similar, spreading or reflexed; labellum rather longer, narrow, entire or 2-lobed.—About 10 species, natives of the North Temperate Zone.


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