Delaware Wildflowers • Families • Orchidaceae
Aplectrum hyemale
PuttyrootOrchidaceae — Orchid family
Rare native
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/aplectrum_hyemale.jpg)
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station Road
May 2007
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/aplectrum_hyemale_bud.jpg)
Flint Woods
May 2006
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/120517_130050.jpg)
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/120517_131018.jpg)
The plant is only about a foot high.
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/120517_125906.jpg)
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
May 2012
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/aplectrum_hyemale_6.jpg)
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
April 2013
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/aplectrum_hyemale_7.jpg)
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/aplectrum_hyemale_8.jpg)
Woodlawn Tract
January 2015
![Aplectrum hyemale](/images/aplectrum_hyemale_9.jpg)
The developing flower stalk is visibly at left.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum HillMay 2015
Search Google • Delaware • USDA
Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.