Malaxis porphyrea, the Cochise adder's-mouth orchid, is a species of orchid native to northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua) and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico). It is an herb up to tall with only one leaf below tiny purple flowers in an elongated cluster.Flora of North America, Malaxis porphyrea (Ridley) Kuntze, 1891.Ridley, Henry Nicholas 1888. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 24: 320-321 description in Latin, commentary in German, Microstylis porphyreaSEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapterBiota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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