Hooded Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Synonym: Spiranthes romanzoffiana var. romanzoffiana
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The photos above show various close-up views of the inflorescence and flowers of hooded ladies' tresses as seen at the edge of a stand of aspen along Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake NWR........July 31, 2008.
Hooded ladies' tresses blooming along with explorer's gentian and Cascade bilberries (in fruit) along upper Gotchen Creek about 200 meters south of the Round the Mountain Trail #9, Gifford Pinchot National Forest at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams......September 5, 2021.
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence of hooded
ladies' tresses as seen at Muddy Meadows on the north side of Mt. Adams on July
25, 2005. The photo at center shows hooded ladies' tresses in bloom at Gotchen Creek Meadows, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......August 28, 2019.
The photo at right shows hooded ladie's tresses as seen along one of the branches of upper Crooked Creek, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows......August 18, 2023.
The photo above shows a close-up view of the flower of hooded ladies' tresses as seen in wetlands near Lakeside Road at the public fishing area of Conboy Lake NWR.........July 16, 2008. Note that the lower lip is narrower near its base and that it widens out near its middle before tapering gradually to a tip.
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Hooded ladie's tresses blooming with rosy owl clovers (Orthocarpus bracteosa) near the headquarters of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge........June 30, 2016.
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The photo at shows another close-up of the
inflorescence of hooded ladies' tresses as seen at Muddy Meadows on the north
side of Mt. Adams on July 25, 2005. Note that the lower
lip widens before tapering gradually to its tip, and that the margins of th
elower lip may be rolled inwards. The photo at right shows a close-up of several young hooded ladies' tresses as seen at Muddy Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness.....July 13, 2018.
The photo above shows a close-up of the grass-like
leaves of hooded ladies' tresses as seen at Muddy Meadows on the north side
of Mt. Adams on July 25, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of hooded ladies' tresses as seen at Muddy Meadows..........August 7,
2005. Note how the lip begins narrow and then expands outward with the margin
somewhat in-rolled towards the tip.
Photographed in meadows high in Bird Creek
Meadows on August 7, 2004.
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The photo at left shows hooded ladies' tresses as seen in wetlands near Lakeside Road at the public fishing area of Conboy Lake NWR..........July 16, 2008. The photo at right shows hooded ladies' tresses along a subalpine stream along the Trail of Flowers loop at Bird Creek Meadows........August 30, 2018..
The photo above shows a close-up view of a portion of the inflorescence of hooded ladies' tresses as seen in wetlands near Lakeside Road at the public fishing area of Conboy Lake NWR.........July 16, 2008. Note agin that the lower lip of the flower is narrower near its base and that it widens out near its middle before tapering gradually to a tip.
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Hooded ladies tresses in bloom at left in Babyshoe Pass Meadows along Forest Service Road 23 on the northwestern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 27, 2012. The photo at right shows hooded ladies tresses blooming in wet meadows along the climbers trail near 7000' at the head of Hellroaring Valley, Mt. Adams, Yakama Nation lands.........September 2, 2017.
Paul Slichter