Goodyera oblongifolia, August 13, 2020
Common & scientific name
Rattlesnake plantain, Goodyera oblongifolia
Family
Orchid, Orchidaceae
Location
Difficult Creek Trail, 9,800’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
A common forest orchid in our area, one of the few species of wildflowers (along with several other orchids and heaths) that is able to thrive in the limited sunshine and acidic soils of our lodgepole and spruce-fir forests. Its leaves have a distinctly wide, white vein down the middle.