Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Yellow Fringeless Orchid from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Read more and see some beautiful photographs on Jim Fowler's blog: "Weekend orchid hunting along the Carolina coastal plain" (August 2016)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Platanthera integra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-008:
Habenaria integra FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis integra
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Orchid, Golden Fringeless Orchid, Golden Frog Arrow
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gyin2_001_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafgymintegra_1050814
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Flowers in a dense, cylindrical-conical terminal raceme, golden yellow to pale orange, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Jim Fowler jafgymintegra_2050814
August Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
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Will Stuart wil_p_integra_0319
August Brunswick NC
Green Swamp
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Will Stuart wil_p_integra_0319_crop
August Brunswick NC
Green Swamp
The long lip petal is either entire or wavy-margined (vs. the lip of P. cristata deeply fringed), per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera integra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-008:
Habenaria integra
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gymnadeniopsis integra
2138
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains and Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare in Coastal Plain (historically in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Saffron yellow or dull orange
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:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p228
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p198
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p268
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p381
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p221
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p185
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p175
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p400
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p460
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