Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, east across southern Canada to the Great Lakes region and eastern North America.
Habitat: Moist to rather dry woods, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Flowers: May-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Myco-heterotrophic plants, scapose, perennial herbs, the stems 2-4 dm. tall, usually purplish-brown, but occasionally light yellow.
No true, green leaves; scape with several sheathing bracts.
Flowers 10-30 on short pedicles in a raceme; sepals 3, mostly reddish-purple, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8-10 mm. long, 3-nerved; 2 small petals shorter than the sepals, pinkish with wine-red spotting; third petal (lip) white, strongly spotted with wine-red, with 2 prominent, lateral lobes below mid-length; main central lobe obovate, wavy-margined, up to 5 mm. broad; stamens and style fused to form a stout column 3.5-4.5 mm. long.
Capsule pendant, ovoid, 1.5-2 cm long.
Publication: Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 119. 1817.
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var. maculata – spotted coralroot
Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, east across southern Canada to the Great Lakes region and eastern North America. -
var. occidentalis – western spotted coralroot Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, east across southern Canada to the Great Lakes region and eastern North America.
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var. ozettensis – ozette coralroot Occurring west of the Cascades crest where endemic to the northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Corallorhiza maculata in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Corallorhiza maculata checklist entry
OregonFlora: Corallorhiza maculata information
E-Flora BC: Corallorhiza maculata atlas page
CalPhotos: Corallorhiza maculata photos
