Goodyera repens

This is the Lesser Rattlesnake Orchis, a plant that grows all across northern Europe, Asia and North America. It does not, however, grow as far south as Washington, and for that reason we had never seen it until last summer when we were in Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia in August. It is small species, less than a foot tall with tiny white flowers and easily passes unnoticed. The leaves, not shown here, are often beautifully veined with silver. The link below has other pictures of it and of the other Goodyera that grow in our area, Goodyera oblongifolia, the Giant Rattlesnake Orchis.

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