Goodyera repens Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain Creeping Lady's-Tresses

Goodyera repens (L.) R.Br.  
Family: Orchidaceae

Synonyms: Elasmatium repens (L.) Dulac ; Epipactis chinensis (Schltr.) Hu ; Epipactis mairei (Schltr.) Hu [Illegitimate] ; Epipactis repens (L.) Crantz ; Gonogona repens (L.) Link ; Goodyera brevis Schltr. ; Goodyera chinensis Schltr. ; Goodyera mairei Schltr. ; Goodyera marginata Lindl. ; Goodyera nantoensis Hayata ; Goodyera ophioides (Fernald) Rydb. ; Neottia repens (L.) Sw. ; Orchiodes marginatum (Lindl.) Kuntze ; Orchiodes repens (L.) Kuntze ; Orchiodes resupinatum Kuntze ; Orchis repens (L.) Eyster ex Poir. ; Peramium nantoense (Hayata) Makino ; Peramium repens (L.) Salisb. ; Peramium secundum (Raf.) House ; Satyrium hirsutum Gilib. [Invalid] ; Satyrium repens L. ; Serapias repens (L.) Vill. ; Tussaca secunda Raf. ; Tussaca repens (L.) Raf. ; Epipactis repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.A.Eaton ; Goodyera pubescens var. repens (L.) Alph.Wood ; Goodyera repens var. japonica Nakai ; Goodyera repens var. marginata (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang ; Goodyera repens subsp. ophioides (Fernald) Á.Löve & W.Simon ; Goodyera repens var. ophioides Fernald ; Goodyera repens f. ophioides (Fernald) P.M.Br. ; Peramium repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.Heller; 

Common names: Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain, Creeping Lady's-Tresses
Chinese: 大叶火烧兰
Deutsch: Kriechendes Netzblatt
Estonian: Roomav öövilge
Finnish: Yövilkka
Hungarian: Gyökerező avarvirág
Latvian: Ložņu saulenīte
Netherlands: Dennenorchis
Norwegian: Knerot
Polski: Tajęża jednostronna
Russian: Гудайера ползучая
Svenska: Knärot
Upper Sorbian: Łažata kózlica

Perennial, stems 10-30 cm, ascendent, mostly in groups, leafy below, scaly above, glandular-downy, flower minute, whitish. Seeds spherical in external, longitudinal, hyaline testa, 0.6-0.8 x 0.15 mm. Testa surface smooth, lustrous, brownish, seeds brown. 2n = 30 (32-40). Native to circumpolar territories, shady, mountain, coniferous or mixed woods, mostly non-calcareous, dryer grounds; throughout the Carpathians. [Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central And East-European Flora]

Dwarf rattlesnake-plantain. Goodyera ophioides (Fern.) Rydb.; G. repens (L.) R. Br. in Ait. & Ait. f. var. ophioides Fern.; Peramium ophioides (Fern.) Rydb.; Satyrium repens L. • CT, MA, ME, NH, VT. Evergreen and mixed evergreen-deciduous forests, usually growing on humus-rich soil and/or with bryophytes. [A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England]

Photo: Dr. Nidhan Singh @ Chakrata

30 Published articles of Goodyera repen
1.    Ecology of the orchid Goodyera repens in its southern distribution limits
Tsiftsis, S.; Tsiripidis, I.; Papaioannou, A. - PLANT BIOSYSTEMS  Volume: 146   Issue: 4   Pages: 857-866   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2011.642416   Published: 2012
2.    Status of Goodyera repens in Sweden
Stahl, Peter - Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift  Volume: 106   Issue: 5   Pages: 249-254   Published: 2012
3.    Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br. Lesser rattlesnake-plantain
Anonymous - Native Orchids of Minnesota  Pages: 110-113   Published: 2012
4.    Is it better to give than to receive? A stable isotope perspective on orchid-fungal carbon transport in the green orchid species Goodyera repens and Goodyera oblongifolia
Hynson, Nicole A.; Preiss, Katja; Gebauer, Gerhard - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 182   Issue: 1   Pages: 8-11   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02778.x   Published: 2009
5.    Giving and receiving: measuring the carbon cost of mycorrhizas in the green orchid, Goodyera repens
Cameron, Duncan D.; Johnson, Irene; Read, David J.; et al. - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 180   Issue: 1   Pages: 176-184   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02533.x   Published: OCT 2008
6.    Mycorrhizal acquisition of inorganic phosphorus by the green-leaved terrestrial orchid Goodyera repens
Cameron, Duncan D.; Johnson, Irene; Leake, Jonathan R.; et al. - ANNALS OF BOTANY  Volume: 99   Issue: 5   Pages: 831-834   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm018   Published: MAY 2007
7.    Mutualistic mycorrhiza in orchids: evidence from plant-fungus carbon and nitrogen transfers in the green-leaved terrestrial orchid Goodyera repens
Cameron, Duncan D.; Leake, Jonathan R.; Read, David J. - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 171   Issue: 2   Pages: 405-416   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01767.x   Published: 2006
8.    [Historical and present distribution of Goodyera repens in the Czech Republic]
Mandak, Bohumil; Prochazka, Frantisek - Preslia (Prague)  Volume: 72   Issue: 2-4   Pages: 507-518   Published: 2000
9.    Action spectra of in vitro asymbiotic germination of Goodyera repens var. ophioides
McKinley, Tonya C.; Camper, N. D. - Lindleyana  Volume: 12   Issue: 1   Pages: 30-33   Published: 1997
10.    On the presence of Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br. in the High Maestrazgo district (Castellon-Teruel)
Fabregat, Carlos; Lopez Udias, Silvia - Collectanea Botanica (Barcelona)  Volume: 22   Issue: 0   Pages: 154   Published: 1993
11.    Creeping rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br.): Sociology, distribution, and status in Denmark
Pedersen, Henrik Aerenlund; Lojtnant, Bernt - Flora og Fauna  Volume: 98   Issue: 3-4   Pages: 77-86   Published: 1992
12.    Goodyera repens (Orchidaceae) in the Ukraine
Mel'nik, V. I. - Botanicheskii Zhurnal (St. Petersburg)  Volume: 76   Issue: 10   Pages: 1402-1408   Published: 1991
13.    SYNTHESIS OF MYCORRHIZAE BETWEEN PROTOCORMS OF GOODYERA-REPENS (ORCHIDACEAE) AND CERATOBASIDIUM-CEREALE
PETERSON, RL; CURRAH, RS - CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE BOTANIQUE  Volume: 68   Issue: 5   Pages: 1117-1130   Published: MAY 1990
14.    GOODYERA-REPENS L. R. BR. IN THE POLESSY STATE RESERVE UKRAINIAN SSR USSR
BUMAR H I - Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal  Volume: 46   Issue: 6   Pages: 42-45   Published: 1989
15.    DEVELOPMENT OF GAMETOPHYTES, EMBRYOGENY AND PERICARP IN GOODYERA-REPENS (ORCHIDACEAE, NEOTTIEAE)
SOOD, SK - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-PLANT SCIENCES  Volume: 98   Issue: 2   Pages: 149-156   Published: APR 1988
16.    CARBON MOVEMENT BETWEEN HOST AND MYCORRHIZAL ENDOPHYTE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORCHID GOODYERA-REPENS BR
ALEXANDER, C; HADLEY, G - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 101   Issue: 4   Pages: 657-665   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1985.tb02871.x   Published: 1985
17.    THE EFFECT OF MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION OF GOODYERA-REPENS AND ITS CONTROL BY FUNGICIDE
ALEXANDER, C; HADLEY, G - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 97   Issue: 3   Pages: 391-400   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1984.tb03605.x   Published: 1984
18.    PHOSPHATE-UPTAKE BY GOODYERA-REPENS IN RELATION TO MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION
ALEXANDER, C; ALEXANDER, IJ; HADLEY, G - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 97   Issue: 3   Pages: 401-411   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1984.tb03606.x   Published: 1984
19.    EMBRYOLOGICAL STUDIES ON ORCHIDACEAE III. GOODYERA-REPENS
SHARMA M; VIJ S P - Research Bulletin of the Panjab University Science  Volume: 35   Issue: 1-2   Pages: 61-64   Published: 1984
20.    VARIATION IN SYMBIOTIC ACTIVITY OF RHIZOCTONIA ISOLATES FROM GOODYERA-REPENS MYCORRHIZAS
ALEXANDER, C; HADLEY, G - TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY  Volume: 80   Issue: FEB   Pages: 99-106   Published: 1983
21.    A NEW FIND OF GOODYERA-REPENS NEW-RECORD IN NORTHERN HESSE WEST GERMANY
HAERTL K-H - Hessische Floristische Briefe  Volume: 31   Issue: 1   Pages: 16   Published: 1982
22.    PHYSIOLOGY OF SYMBIOSIS IN GOODYERA-REPENS
PURVES, S; HADLEY, G - NEW PHYTOLOGIST  Volume: 77   Issue: 3   Pages: 689-696   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1976.tb04662.x   Published: 1976
23.    GOODYERA-REPENS NEW-RECORD IN THE ARDECHE FRANCE
LAWALREE A - Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique  Volume: 109   Issue: 1   Pages: 164   Published: 1976
24.    INFORMATION ON THE 1ST FINDINGS OF ELODEA-NUTTALLII AND GOODYERA-REPENS IN BELGIUM
DE LANGHE J - Natura Mosana  Volume: 25   Issue: 3   Pages: 85   Published: 1972
25.    GOODYERA-REPENS-M ORCHIDACEAE-M NEAR LESSENICH AREA OF EUSKIRCHEN GERMANY
SCHUMACHER W - Decheniana  Volume: 122   Issue: 1   Pages: 164   Published: 1969
26.    Sur la presence du Goodyera repens a Seuilly (Indre-et-Loire
SIMON, E. - BULL SOC BOT FRANCE  Volume: 103   Issue: (7/8)   Pages: 486-487   Published: 1956
27.    Embryogeny of the Orchidaceae. The developmental laws in G. r.
VEYRET, Y. - BULL SOC BOT FRANCE  Volume: 103   Issue: (9/10)   Pages: 577-581   Published: 1956
28.    Source of the symbiont of Goodyera repens
Downie, D. G. - TRANS AND PROC BOT SOC EDINBURGH  Volume: 33   Issue: (4)   Pages: 383-390   Published: 1943
29.    Goodyera repens and it endophyte
Mollison, J. E. - TRANS AND PROC BOT SOC EDINBURGH  Volume: 33   Issue: (4)   Pages: 391-403   Published: 1943
30.    On the germination and growth of Goodyera repens
DOWNIE, DOROTHY G. - TRANS AND PROC BOT SOC EDINBURGH  Volume: 33   Issue: (1)   Pages: 36-51   Published: 1940