Platanthera peramoena

Purple fringeless orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Platanthera
Species: P. peramoena
Binomial name
Platanthera peramoena
(A. Gray) A. Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Habenaria peramoena (A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Orchis peramoena (A.Gray) Alph.Wood
  • Blephariglottis peramoena (A.Gray) Rydb. in N.L.Britton
  • Fimbriella peramoena (A.Gray) Butzin
  • Ophrys fimbriata Walter
  • Platanthera bigelovii Alph.Wood
  • Habenaria psycodes var. fernaldii J.Rousseau & Rouleau
  • Habenaria psycodes f. leucophaeopsis B.Boivin
  • Habenaria psycodes f. nivalis F.Seym.
  • Platanthera peramoena f. doddsiae P.M.Br.
  • Platanthera psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) P.M.Br.
  • Blephariglottis peramoena f. doddsiae (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br.
  • Blephariglottis psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) Baumbach & P.M.Br.

Platanthera peramoena, the purple fringeless orchid,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. It is native to the Eastern United States, where it is found from the Mid-Atlantic states, the Ohio Valley and the Ozark Mountains.[1] Its natural habitat is moist forests, marshes, and on streambanks.

It produces purple flowers in the summer.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Platanthera peramoena". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Platanthera peramoena
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