Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.

Palegreen orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Platanthera

Characteristics

Plants 13–65 cm. Leaves (1–)2–3(–4), spreading to ascending, gradually to rather abruptly reduced to bracts distally; blade lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 5–35 × 1–7 cm. Spikes lax to dense. Flowers resupinate, inconspicuous, yellowish green; lateral sepals porrect to reflexed; petals oblong-orbiculate to ovate, apex somewhat crenulate; lip descending to commonly reflexed, 2–6 × 1.8–5 mm, base auriculate, with prominent central tubercle, distal margin entire to slightly crenulate; spur cylindric to strongly clavate, 4–8(–11) mm, apex rarely 2-lobed; rostellum lobes mostly parallel to slightly diverging, directed downward, minute, obscure; pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs; viscidia mostly quad-rangular, oblong-quadrangular, orbiculate, or broadly asymmetric, commonly canaliculate to nearly cylindric and difficult to assess; ovary rather slender to stout, mostly 8–10 × 2 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Platanthera flava world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1045555-2
WFO ID wfo-0000274445
COL ID 4JMWX
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Perularia bidentata Orchis flava Perularia flava Perularia scutellata Platanthera flava Tulotis flava Habenaria flava Perularia flava

Lower taxons

Platanthera flava var. flava Platanthera flava var. herbiola