Spring Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes vernalis
The spring-blooming ladies’-tresses, flowering months ahead of its autumn relatives on a stem covered in fine pointed hairs. Turns up on its own in lean sandy ground and old fields; tolerates more drought than the rest of the genus.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.8–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Spiranthes species
- Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes lacera)
- Nodding Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes cernua)
- Fragrant Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes odorata)