Delaware Wildflowers
Aplectrum hyemale
(Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Puttyroot
Orchidaceae
— Orchid family
Rare native
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station Road
May 2007
Flint Woods
May 2006
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
May 2012
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
May 2012
The plant is only about a foot high.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
May 2012
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
April 2013
Woodlawn Tract
January 2015
Woodlawn Tract
January 2015
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
May 2015
The developing flower stalk is visibly at left.