''Hexalectris arizonica'', the spiked crested coralroot or Arizona crested coralroot, is a terrestrial,

myco-heterotrophic Myco-heterotrophy (from Greek μύκης , "fungus", ἕτερος ', "another", "different" and τροφή ', "nutrition") is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food fro ...

orchid lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from

mycorrhizal A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης ', "fungus", and ῥίζα ', "root"; pl. mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the pla ...

fungi in the soil. It is native to

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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...

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and Coahuila. It is closely related to '' H. spicata'' and sometimes regarded as a variety of that species.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Hexalectris arizonica''
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* ttp://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HEAR23 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, ''Hexalectris arizonica'' br>New Mexico Rare Plants, University of New Mexico, Hexalectris arizonica, (Arizona crested coralroot)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q17320491 Bletiinae Orchids of North America Myco-heterotrophic orchids Flora of Arizona Flora of New Mexico Flora of Coahuila Flora of Texas Plants described in 1882