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Aplectrum (Greek, with no spur). Orchidaceae. A small orchid, with smallish dull-colored fls. in a raceme, on a leafless scape, which springs from a large corm-like tuber. Single species (or possibly two), in woods in the northern states.
Flower spurless and sacless; petals and sepals similar, narrow; lip 3-lobed and crested, deflexed; fertile anther 1, the pollen-masses 4, smooth and waxy; column free, compressed, the anther borne below the top.
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'''''Aplectrum hyemale''''' is a [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the [[genus]] '''''Aplectrum'''''. The generic name comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] and signifies "spurless". The species is commonly referred to as '''Adam and Eve''' or '''putty root''', the latter refers to the [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed.
'''''Aplectrum hyemale''''' is a [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the [[genus]] '''''Aplectrum'''''. The generic name comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] and signifies "spurless". The species is commonly referred to as '''Adam and Eve''' or '''putty root''', the latter refers to the [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed.
[[Image:Putty-rootOrchid.jpg]]
[[Image:Putty-rootOrchid.jpg]]