- Scientific Name: Goodyera repens (L.) R.Br.
- Ref: W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5:198. 1813
- Synonyms:
- Elasmatium repens (L.) Dulac
- Epipactis chinensis (Schltr.) Hu
- E. mairei (Schltr.) Hu
- E. repens (L.) Crantz
- E. repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.A.Eaton
- Gonogona repens (L.) Link
- Goodyera brevis Schltr.
- G. chinensis Schltr.
- G. mairei Schltr.
- G. marginata Lindl.
- G. ophioides (Fernald) Rydb.
- G. pubescens var. repens (L.) Alph.Wood
- G. repens subsp. ophioides (Fernald) Á.Löve & W.Simon
- G. repens f. ophioides (Fernald) P.M.Br.
- G. repens var. ophioides Fernald
- Neottia repens (L.) Sw.
- Orchiodes marginatum (Lindl.) Kuntze
- O. repens (L.) Kuntze
- O. resupinatum Kuntze
- Orchis repens (L.) Eyster ex Poir.
- Peramium repens (L.) Salisb.
- P. repens var. ophioides (Fernald) A.Heller
- P. secundum (Raf.) House
- Satyrium hirsutum Gilib.
- S. repens L.
- Serapias repens (L.) Vill.
- Tussaca secunda Raf.
- English Common Name: creeping lady’s-tresses, dwarf rattlesnake plantain
- Chinese Common Name: 小斑叶兰 xiǎo bānyè∙lán, 南投斑叶兰 Nántóu bānyè∙lán
- Japanese Common Name: ヒメミヤマウズラ [姫深山鶉] himemiyamauzura
- Family: Orchidaceae
- Genus: Goodyera
- Distribution: Forests along valleys; 700-3800 m. Anhui, N Fujian, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Japan, Kashmir, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia; Europe, North America].
- Photo: 07/27/2016, Kanasi, Xinjiang
Plants terrestrial, 8-20 cm tall. Rhizome slender, many noded. Stem ascending, 1-4 cm, 4-6-leaved. Leaves subrosulate at base of stem, abaxially pale green, adaxially deep green with white venation, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 1-3 × 0.5-1.5 cm, base obtuse or broadly cuneate, apex acute; petiole-like base and tubular sheath 1-1.5 cm. Peduncle pale grayish green, 5-12 cm, pubescent, with 2-5 sterile bracts; rachis 1-5.5 cm, subdensely 5-20-flowered, secund; floral bracts lanceolate, 3-5 mm, pubescent, apex acuminate. Flowers opening weakly, white, tinged with green, small; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform, 3-5 mm, sparsely pubescent. Sepals sparsely pubescent on outer surface, 1-veined; dorsal sepal ovate to ovate-oblong, 3-4 × 1.2-1.5 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate to ovate-elliptic, oblique, 3-4 × 1.5-2.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals spatulate, oblique, 3-4 × 1-1.5 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lip ovate, 3-3.5 × 2-2.5 mm; hypochile concave-saccate, inside papillose; epichile ligulate, ca. 1.5 mm, slightly recurved. Column 1-1.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug. 2n = 30, 32, 40. (Flora of China)