''Hexalectris arizonica'', the spiked crested coralroot or Arizona crested coralroot, is a terrestrial, myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking

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and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and

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. 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