Platanthera blephariglottis |
Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis |
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white fringe orchid, white-fringe bog-orchid |
white fringe orchid |
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Habit | Plants 8–110 cm. | Plants 8–80 cm. | ||||
Leaves | 2–several, spreading to ascending, scattered along stem, rather abruptly to gradually reduced distally; blade linear-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, 5–35 × 1–5 cm. |
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Spikes | dense to rather lax. |
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Flowers | resupinate, showy, white; lateral sepals reflexed; petals linear to oblanceolate, apex fringed to nearly entire; lip reflexed to porrect, without basal thickening, ovate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, rarely quadrangular-suborbiculate, margin fringed; spur essentially cylindric, slender; rostellum lobes curving forward, slightly spreading, angular-elongate; pollinaria with stalks curved forward; pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs; viscidia elliptic-suborbiculate to orbiculate; ovary slender, 10–28 mm. |
lip 6–13 × 2–9 mm; spur slenderly cylindric, 15–25 mm; ovary 10(–13)–24 mm. |
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2n | = 42. |
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Platanthera blephariglottis |
Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Open sphagnum bog mats and moist sandy and peaty meadows, pine savannas, openings | |||||
Elevation | 0–600 m (0–2000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
e North America
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CT; DE; GA; IL; MA; MD; ME; MI; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; VA; VT; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 567. | FNA vol. 26, p. 567. | ||||
Parent taxa | Orchidaceae > subfam. Orchidoideae > tribe Orchideae > subtribe Orchidinae > Platanthera | Orchidaceae > subfam. Orchidoideae > tribe Orchideae > subtribe Orchidinae > Platanthera > Platanthera blephariglottis | ||||
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Synonyms | Orchis blephariglottis, Habenaria blephariglottis | |||||
Name authority | (Willdenow) Lindley: Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl., 291. (1835) | unknown | ||||
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