Plants allogamous. Flowers: sepals 4-6.1 mm; rostellum well developed; viscidium linear-lanceolate. Flowering Oct--Dec. Moist, rich woodlands, thickets, wooded hillsides; 0--300 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Tex. Hybrids with Spiranthes odorata are known as S. × itchetuckneensis P. M. Brown.