Platanthera blephariglottis

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Platathera blephariglottis
White fringed orchid
White fringed orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Platanthera
Species: P. blephariglottis
Binomial name
Platanthera blephariglottis
(Willd.) Lindl. (1835)
Varieties

P. blephariglottis var. blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl.
P. blephariglottis var. conspicua (Nash) Luer
Synonyms

Orchis blephariglottis Willd.
Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook
Blephariglottis albiflora Raf.
Blephariglottis blephariglottis Rydb.
Sources: Botanicus,[1] IPNI,[2] ITIS,[3] FNA,[4] MBG[5]

Platanthera blephariglottis sometimes known as Habenaria blephariglottis or by the common names platanthère à gorge frangée, white fringed orchid and white-fringe orchis, a species of the genus Platanthera, a member of the family Orchidoideae and considered to be an endangered species in Connecticut and Ohio, a threatened species in Florida, Maryland and Rhode Island and exploitably vulnerable in New York.[6] Platanthera is a Greek word that means "flat" and "flower" for this use it means "wide or flat anthered", blephariglottis from blepharis which means "eyelash" or "fringed" and glottis for "mouth-like".[7]

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[edit] Description

Flowering from late spring until summer, Platanthera blephariglottis is an 8 to 110 centimeters (3 to 43 inches) tall plant that can be found growing in bogs and on the moist banks of lakes and rivers on the eastern side of North America.

Stem and leaves
At least 2 and often several spreading to ascending leaves scattered along the stem. Leaf shapes from linear-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate and elliptic-lanceolate.[4]
Flowers
Dense to lax spikes of showy white flowers. Lateral sepals bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees. Petals are near entire fringed and the shape is linear and narrows toward the point of attachment.[4]

[edit] Distribution

Often found growing in sphagnum and other acidic moss, in open wet areas in Black Spruce and/or Tamarack bogs or on the boggy shores of lakes and in open wet meadows.[8][9][10]

Native
Nearctic
Eastern Canada: Ontario, Quebec
Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
North-Central United States: Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin
Southeastern United States: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
South-Central United States: Texas

Sources: NRCS,[6] WSH[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lindley, John [1835]. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants. Ridgways, Piccadilly. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  2. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Plant Name Search Results (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  3. ^ Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. (TSN 43419). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 3 June 2008.
  4. ^ a b c "25. Platanthera blephariglottis (Willdenow) Lindley" . Flora of North America 26: Page 552, 564, 567, 568, 569, 571. efloras. 
  5. ^ Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. (HTML). Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  6. ^ a b Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). PLANTS Profile, Platanthera blephariglottis (HTML). The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  7. ^ Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium. Platanthera blephariglottis (HTML). University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  8. ^ Intermountain Herbarium Server (USU-UTC) (26 Apr 2007). Fact Sheet Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. (HTML). Intermountain Herbarium Server (USU-UTC). Utah State University. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  9. ^ Goltz, James P. (1996). Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindley (HTML). Muskoka Flora. University of Toronto Library. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  10. ^ Eastern prairie fringed-orchid ( Platanthera blephariglottis ) (PDF). Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania (4 September 2007). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  11. ^ Wisconsin State Herbarium. Taxon - Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. (HTML). Wisflora - Vascular Plants. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.

[edit] External links

Drawing of B. blephariglottis from 1913
Drawing of B. blephariglottis from 1913

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • Niering,W., Olmstead, N., National Audubon Society Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region,1995, plate 151 and page 655, ISBN: 0-394-50432-


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