Platanthera lacera
Green fringed-orchid | |
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Platanthera lacera at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Genus: | Platanthera |
Species: | P. lacera
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Binomial name | |
Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don
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Synonyms | |
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Platanthera lacera is an orchid in the genus Platanthera, native throughout Eastern United States and Canada. It occurs in a variety of habitats ranging from “mesic and dry-mesic sand prairie, wet sedge meadow, calcareous fen, sphagnum bog, acid seep spring, dry field, mesic flatwoods, and mesic upland forests.”[1] Common names include ragged fringed orchid and green fringed orchid.
Identification[]
It is a perennial growing 20 to 77 centimeters (8 to 30+1⁄3 in) tall. 2 to 7 lanceolate to narrow elliptic leaves should be present. The inflorescence is a terminal racemic structure, 4 to 25 centimeters (1+1⁄2 to 9+3⁄4 in) long with 15 to 60 whitish-green flowers.[1]
Pollination[]
The flowers are fragrant at night and are pollinated by crepuscular moths.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Homoya, M.A. (1993). "Platanthera lacera". Orchids of Indiana. Indianapolis, IN; Indiana Academy of Science, p. 169.
Categories:
- Orchids of the United States
- Platanthera
- Orchidoideae stubs