General:
Perennial, saprophytic herb from coral-like rhizomes; stems 15-50 cm tall, usually red-brown to purplish, smooth.

Leaves:
Bractlike and sheathing.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal raceme of 10 to 25 short-stalked, spreading to drooping flowers, the bracts scalelike; sepals usually yellowish-pink to pale brown, with 3 to 5 reddish to purplish, lengthwise stripes, oblong to lanceolate, 6-17 mm long, the lower curved forward; lateral petals sepal-like but slightly shorter and wider; lip oval, 8-15 mm long, pale yellow-brown to reddish, entire; column 4-7 mm long, purple-spotted.

Fruits:
Capsules, ellipsoid, drooping, 12-25 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Corallorhiza ochroleuca Rydb.
Corallorhiza striata var. flavida Todsen & Todsen
Corallorhiza striata var. ochroleuca (Rydb.) Magrath
Corallorrhiza ochroleuca Rydb. [orthographic variant]
Corallorrhiza striata var. flavida Todsen & Todsen [orthographic variant]
Corallorrhiza striata var. ochroleuca (Rydb.) Magrath [orthographic variant]
Corallorrhiza striata var. striata Lindl. [orthographic variant]