Common Names
Puttyroot, Adam-and-Eve-root.

Description
A perennial orchid that grows from a series of bulb-like roots attached by narrower roots. The plant has a single, broad, elliptical pointed leaf at the base. Flower spike, which arises from the root, has small leaflike structures enclosing the stem. Flower is purplish toward its base and brown toward its summit, with white lip.

Flowering Period
May to June.

Habitat
Moist shaded woods and in set soil of flood plains.

Harvest
Root in fall.

Uses
Plant is reputed to have value in treating bronchial ailments.