Native Orchids of the Black Hills

       Scientific Name

Common Name(s)

Black Hills Distribution by County

Flowering Period

 

 

  1.  Calypso bulbosa var. americana

Fairy slipper, Venus slipper

Lawrence

late May - late June
  2.  Coeloglossum viride

Long-bracted orchid

Lawrence, Custer, Pennington

late May - July
  3.  Corallorhiza maculata

Spotted coralroot

Lawrence

May - July
  4.  Corallorhiza odontorhiza

Late coralroot

Lawrence

August - September
  5.  Corallorhiza striata var. striata
       Corallorhiza striata var.                            vreelandii

Striped coralroot
Vreeland’s striped coralroot

Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer
Lawrence, Meade

June - July
  6.  Corallorhiza trifida

Pale coralroot

Lawrence

early June - August
  7.  Corallorhiza wisteriana

Wister’s coralroot

Lawrence, Meade

late May - July
  8.  Cypripedium parviflorum

Yellow ladyslipper

Lawrence, Meade, Pennington

late May - mid June
  9.  Epipactis gigantea

Giant helleborine

Fall River

late June - August
10.  Goodyera oblongifolia

Giant rattlesnake plantain

Lawrence

July - August
11.  Goodyera repens

Lesser rattlesnake plantain

Lawrence, Pennington, Custer  

July - August
12.  Listera convallarioides

Nuttal’s twayblade

Lawrence

June
13.  Piperia unalascensis

Alaska orchid

Lawrence

July - August
14.  Platanthera aquilonis

Northern bog orchid

Lawrence

July - August
15.  Platanthera dilatata

White bog orchid

Lawrence

June - July
16.  Platanthera huronensis

Huron bog orchid

Lawrence

July - August
17.  Platanthera orbiculata

Round-leaved orchid

Lawrence

August
18.  Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Hooded ladies tresses

Lawrence

late July - August