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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010b:
Habenaria flava var. herbiola FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Platanthera herbiola
COMMON NAME:
Tubercled Rein Orchid, Northern Gypsy-spike
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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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010b:
Habenaria flava var. herbiola
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Platanthera herbiola
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p228?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p400
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p459
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p028
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