Two Coralroots at Sehome Hill Arboretum

[greenbean]

Beautiful coralroots, Ron! I love western spotted coralroot. I've only seen striped coralroot once or twice. There is a yellow coralroot that grows near Packwood, WA. When I saw them I didn't know enough about coralroots to identify them, so I'm not sure if they were a yellow species or a lighter form of a species.

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by greenbean

Beautiful coralroots, Ron! I love western spotted coralroot. I've only seen striped coralroot once or twice. There is a yellow coralroot that grows near Packwood, WA. When I saw them I didn't know enough about coralroots to identify them, so I'm not sure if they were a yellow species or a lighter form of a species.

Hi Evan,
A yellow Coralroot could be a yellowish form of the Spotted (rather bright yellow) or Western (pale yellow) Coralroots. It could also be the var. vreedlandii of the Striped Coralroot (yellowish). If quite small and few-flowered, it could be the Early Coralroot (yellowish-green).