Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera oblongifolia
The western rattlesnake plantain, with longer leaves than its eastern relative and usually just a pale stripe down the midrib instead of full netting. An evergreen rosette of dry conifer duff; it spreads slowly into patches and dislikes disturbance.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.6–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MA, ME, MI, MT, NE, NH, NM, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY