Platanthera stricta Lindl.

Slender bog orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Platanthera

Characteristics

Plants 18–100 cm. Leaves few–several, abruptly diverging or sometimes ascending, scattered along stem; blade oblong to ovate or rarely linear-lanceolate, 3–32 × (0.6–)1–4.5 cm. Spikes very lax to dense. Flowers resupinate, not showy, green to yellowish green; lateral sepals spreading to reflexed; petals ovate-to lance-falcate, margins entire; lip descending to somewhat reflexed or projecting, linear to lanceolate, without basal thickening, 3–9 × less than 1–3 mm; spur strongly clavate, capitate-inflated, or scrotiform, 2–6 mm, apex obtuse; rostellum lobes approximately parallel to convergent, directed downward, very small, rounded, obscure; pollinaria straight; pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs; viscidia orbiculate; ovary rather slender to stout, mostly 5–10 mm. 2n = 42.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Love Medicine (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Platanthera stricta world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:651916-1
WFO ID wfo-0000274722
COL ID 4JN24
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Orchis dolichorhiza Platanthera dolichorrhiza Platanthera gracilis Platanthera gracilis Platanthera stricta Limnorchis gracilis Limnorchis saccata Limnorchis viridiflora Habenaria neomexicana Habenaria saccata Habenaria septentrionalis Habenaria gracilis Habenaria stricta Platanthera saccata Platanthera dilatata var. gracilis Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora Habenaria convallariifolia var. dilatatoides Habenaria saccata var. gracilis Platanthera dilatata var. viridiflora Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatatoides Platanthera stricta var. gracilis Habenaria borealis var. viridiflora Limnorchis stricta