Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera conspicua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
This taxon, the taller and larger-flowered of the two White Fringed Orchids, has a conical and somewhat open inflorescence of several dozen large white flowers; the flower cluster is typically 4-6 inches tall.... The very similar P. blephariglottis,, with which it was recently split, has a shorter and denser inflorescence, a flower lip that has denser fringes, and flower spurs often less than 1 inch long. Learn more atVascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera conspicua
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-013a?:
Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Habenaria blephariglottis var. conspicua
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis conspicua
COMMON NAME:
Large White Fringed Orchid, Southern White Fringed Orchid
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Jim Fowler jafpconspicua_1
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Lip has a filiform fringe & a distinct isthmus. Spur often to 3" long, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
Jim Fowler jafpla_000a
August-September? Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
In the foreground is a hybrid of P. conspicua & P. ciliaris called P. ×lueri.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera conspicua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera conspicua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-013a?:
Habenaria blephariglottis var. blephariglottis
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Habenaria blephariglottis var. conspicua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis conspicua