NameThatPlant.net: Platanthera flava var. herbiola

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Platanthera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010b:

Habenaria flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae

COMMON NAME:
Tubercled Rein Orchid, Northern Gypsy-spike

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010b:
Habenaria flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae

2725

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward that extend well past the flowers

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-green/ Greenish
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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