Scanning for Lifeforms

• Scientific Name - Platanthera leucophaea (eastern prairie fringed orchid); Platanthera praeclara (western prairie fringed orchid. Appearance - Both orchids produce flower stalks up to 47 inches tall. Each stalk has up to 40 white flowers about an inch long. The western prairie fringed orchid's flowers are somewhat larger than those of the closely related eastern prairie fringed orchid.

Rafflesia arnoldii is a parasitic plant, without roots or leaves. A rare, parasitic, rootless and leafless plant, it has the largest known flower in the world. It is parasitic on members of the genus Tetrastigma. It has no roots or leaves and most of the time lives unobserved inside the woody stems and roots of its host. It only becomes visible when its plump buds emerge through the bark of its host.

Symphyotrichum georgianum (formerly Aster georgianus) is a rare species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae, the aster family. Its common name is Georgia aster. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it is known from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Today it may be extirpated from the state of Florida.