Shortly after posting about Green Adder's Mouth, I heard from whimmydoddle:
"The dwarf rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera repens) is blooming in Unicoi County. There's a place near my home with a substantial population of this rare species."
Also know as lesser rattlesnake orchis, its Latin name honors English botanist and botanical writer John Goodyer (1592-1664); repens means "to creep." So a rough translation would be "creeping English botanist"?
Thanks, whimmy.
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