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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the Pollination of Platanthera psycodes at Mt. Mitchell State Park, North Carolina by Jim Fowler.
Read more: Purple Fringed Orchids on the Blue Ridge Parkway by Jim Fowler.
This species and P. grandiflora can be easily confused. Read more: Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Learn two characteristics that will help to distinguish Small and Large Purple Fringed Orchid: Click here.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Platanthera psycodes
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera psycodes
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-003a:
Habenaria psycodes var. psycodes
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Blephariglottis psycodes
COMMON NAME:
Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid
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Keith Bradley kab_p_psychodes_2333
June NC
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Keith Bradley kab_p_psychodes_2339
June NC
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Keith Bradley kab_p_psychodes_2354
June NC
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Keith Bradley kab_p_psychodes_2357
June NC
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Sam Pratt sbp_photo13
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell State Park
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Ben Geer Keys bgk630_a
Month Unknown
Lip with 3 heavily fringed lobes. Nectary opening usually barbell-shaped, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.