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close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a complete spiked flower head with several flower buds at the top, full open blooms in the middle, and several seed heads with the petals just dying back at the bottom.
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field image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a typical stem and flower head.
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close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing part of a spiked flower head detailing several individual blooms.This species is featured in the soon-to-be-published book, Elusive Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
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close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing the tip of a spiked flower head detailing the tight twist of the flowers that gave rise to the common name LADIES' TRESSES.
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close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a larger part of the spiked flower head.
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close up image of Spiranthes magnicamporum GREAT PLAINS LADIES' TRESSES at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing one of the few stem leaves, grasslike in shape. Stem leaves and basal leaves of this species often die back just before or at bloom time.
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