''Malaxis brachystachys'' is a North American species of
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
native to Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States (
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
). It usually has only one leaf, though occasionally two. Flowers are small and green, in a flat-topped array.
SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter
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photo of herbarium specimen at University of Texas, collected in Coahuila in 1995
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Flora of Mexico
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Central America
Plants described in 1849
brachystachys