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Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Beats me why this is called a plantain… aren't those a relation to bananas? These are an orchid species. They get small white flowers on a long central stalk, but if you ask me the foliage is the more interesting part of these plants anyway. The flowers are small and not particularly showy.
''Goodyera oblongifolia'' is a species of orchid known by the common names western rattlesnake plantain and giant rattlesnake plantain. It is native to much of North America, particularly in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, from Alaska to northern Mexico, as well as in the Great Lakes region, Maine, Quebec and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
By morpheme
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Uploaded Nov 10, 2014. Captured Nov 8, 2014 15:08 in Olympic National Forest, National Forest Development Road 2530, Washington, USA.
