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greater roundleaf orchid, large round-leaf orchid, large-leaf bog-orchid

monkeyface, white fringeless orchid

Habit Plants 23–63 cm. Plants 50–80 cm.
Leaves

2, in subequal basal pair lying on ground;

bracts (very rarely, 0–)1–6, scattered along stem;

blade broadly elliptic, orbiculate, or oblate, 7–24 × 5–19 cm.

2(–3), spreading to ascending, on basal portion of stem, abruptly reduced to bracts distally;

blade lanceolate to elliptic, 12–23 × 1–3.2 cm.

Spikes

lax.

rather lax.

Flowers

resupinate, rather showy;

calyx mostly greenish white;

corolla mostly white;

lateral sepals reflexed to somewhat spreading;

petals lanceolate-falcate, margins entire;

lip descending to somewhat reflexed, linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, without basal thickening, 10–23 × 1–2.5 mm, margins entire;

spur slenderly clavate, 28–46 mm;

rostellum lobes directed strongly forward, wide-spreading, angular;

pollinaria nearly straight, (4.6–)4.7–6.8 mm;

pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs;

viscidia orbiculate;

ovary slender to rather stout, mostly 16–29 mm.

resupinate, showy, white;

lateral sepals reflexed;

petals oblong, margins entire;

lip porrect, spatulate to lance-spatulate, without basal thickening, 10–15 × 2.5–4 mm, margins slightly lacerate to subentire;

spur slenderly cylindric, scarcely clavate, 35–60 mm;

rostellum lobes directed forward, spreading, angular;

rostellum lobes slenderly curving forward, slightly spreading, angular-elongate, long;

pollinaria with stalks curved forward;

pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs;

viscidia orbiculate;

ovary slender, ca.16–22 mm.

Platanthera macrophylla

Platanthera integrilabia

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug.
Habitat Mesic to wet coniferous and deciduous forest Wet wooded flats, seeping slopes, marshes, sphagnum bogs
Elevation mostly 0–1000 m (mostly 0–3300 ft) mostly 100–700 m (mostly 300–2300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; MA; ME; MI; MN; NH; NY; PA; VT; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC
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from FNA
AL; GA; KY; MS; NC; SC; TN
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

The description of Platanthera integrilabia is based on a limited sample and is likely too restrictive.

Flowers of this species are nocturnally sweet-scented. The vegetative habit is distinctive, with leaves restricted to the base of the stem and a relatively few-flowered inflorescence borne atop a tall bracted scape. In addition to the normal tuberoid, roots often enlarge distally to form bud-bearing tuberoids at a marked distance from the parent stem, giving rise to diffuse clonal colonies.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 26. FNA vol. 26, p. 568.
Parent taxa Orchidaceae > subfam. Orchidoideae > tribe Orchideae > subtribe Orchidinae > Platanthera Orchidaceae > subfam. Orchidoideae > tribe Orchideae > subtribe Orchidinae > Platanthera
Sibling taxa
P. aquilonis, P. blephariglottis, P. brevifolia, P. chapmanii, P. chorisiana, P. ciliaris, P. clavellata, P. convallariifolia, P. cristata, P. dilatata, P. flava, P. grandiflora, P. hookeri, P. huronensis, P. hyperborea, P. integra, P. integrilabia, P. lacera, P. leucophaea, P. limosa, P. nivea, P. obtusata, P. orbiculata, P. peramoena, P. praeclara, P. psycodes, P. purpurascens, P. sparsiflora, P. stricta, P. tipuloides, P. zothecina
P. aquilonis, P. blephariglottis, P. brevifolia, P. chapmanii, P. chorisiana, P. ciliaris, P. clavellata, P. convallariifolia, P. cristata, P. dilatata, P. flava, P. grandiflora, P. hookeri, P. huronensis, P. hyperborea, P. integra, P. lacera, P. leucophaea, P. limosa, P. macrophylla, P. nivea, P. obtusata, P. orbiculata, P. peramoena, P. praeclara, P. psycodes, P. purpurascens, P. sparsiflora, P. stricta, P. tipuloides, P. zothecina
Synonyms Habenaria macrophylla, P. orbiculata var. macrophylla Habenaria blephariglottis var. integrilabia, Habenaria correlliana
Name authority (Goldie) P. M. Brown: Wild Fl. Notes 3: 23. (1988) (Correll) Luer: Native Orchids U.S. & Canada, 186. (1975)
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