Zeuxine strateumatica

Zeuxine strateumatica, common names lawn orchid or soldier orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchids. It is widespread across much of Asia, including China, Japan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia, as well as in New Guinea and in some of the islands of the Pacific.^[1] It is naturalized in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Tamaulipas (in northeastern Mexico), West Indies, Hawaii, California, and the southeastern United States from Texas to Georgia.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Zeuxine strateumatica
Zeuxine strateumatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Genus:	Zeuxine
Species:	Z. strateumatica
Binomial name
Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter
Synonyms[1][2]
Orchis strateumatica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 943. 1753 Adenostylis emarginata Blume Adenostylis integerrima Blume Adenostylis strateumatica (Linnaeus) Ames Adenostylis sulcata (Roxburgh) Hayata Neottia strateumatica (Linnaeus) R. Brown Pterygodium sulcatum Roxburgh Spiranthes strateumatica (Linnaeus) Lindley Tripleura pallida Lindley Zeuxine bonii Gagnepain Zeuxine bracteata Wight Zeuxine brevifolia Wight Zeuxine emarginata (Blume) Lindley Zeuxine integerrima (Blume) Lindley Zeuxine procumbens Blume Zeuxine robusta Wight Zeuxine rupicola Fukuyama Zeuxine stenochila Schlechter Zeuxine strateumatica f. rupicola (Fukuyama) T. Hashimoto Zeuxine strateumatica var. rupicola (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying Zeuxine sulcata (Roxburgh) Lindley Zeuxine tripleura Lindley Zeuxine wariana Schlechter.

Zeuxine strateumatica is a perennial herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are linear or narrowly lanceolate, up to 9 cm long. Flowers are borne in an erect panicle of as many as 50 flowers, each white with a yellow lip.^[3]

In its natural habitat in Asia, Zeuxine strateumatica grows in grasslands, and along streambanks.^[1] In places where it is introduced, it frequently grows in lawns and agricultural fields, and is thus considered a nuisance weed.^[3]