Native Orchids of South Dakota

 

       Scientific Name

Common Name(s)

Distribution by County

 

 

 

  1.  Calypso bulbosa

Fairy slipper, Venus slipper

Lawrence

  2.  Coeloglossum viride

Long-bracted orchid

Lawrence, Harding, Custer, Pennington, Marshall, Roberts

  3.  Corallorhiza maculata

Spotted coralroot

Lawrence

  4.  Corallorhiza odontorhiza

Late coralroot

Lawrence

  5.  Corallorhiza striata var. striata

       Corallorhiza striata var. vreelandii

Striped coralroot

Vreeland’s striped coralroot

Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer

Lawrence, Meade

  6.  Corallorhiza trifida

Pale coralroot

Lawrence

  7.  Corallorhiza wisteriana

Wister’s coralroot

Lawrence, Meade, Custer

  8.  Cypripedium candidum

Little white ladyslipper

Marshall, Roberts, Grant, Deuel, Brookings

  9.  Cypripedium parviflorum

              var. parviflorum

Yellow ladyslipper

Lawrence, Meade, Custer

Marshall and Roberts

10.  Epipactis gigantea

Giant helleborine

Fall River

11.  Goodyera oblongifolia

Giant rattlesnake plantain

Lawrence

12.  Goodyera repens

Lesser rattlesnake plantain

Lawrence, Pennington, Custer   

13.  Liparis loeselii

Loesel’s twayblade

Roberts

14.  Listera convallarioides

Nuttal’s twayblade

Lawrence

15.  Piperia unalascensis

Alaska orchid

Lawrence

16.  Platanthera aquilonis

Northern bog orchid

Lawrence, Roberts

17.  Platanthera dilatata

White bog orchid

Lawrence

18.  Platanthera huronensis

Huron bog orchid

Lawrence, Custer

19.  Platanthera orbiculata

Round-leaved orchid

Lawrence

20.  Platanthera praeclara

Western prairie fringed orchid

Brookings and Minnehaha

21.  Spiranthes cernua

Ladies tresses

Clay

22.  Spiranthes magnicamporum

Great Plains ladies tresses

Deuel and Brookings

23.  Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Hooded ladies tresses

Lawrence, Custer

24.  Spiranthes vernalis 

Twisted ladies tresses

Union