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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Platanthera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera fissa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Platanthera peramoena
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-004:
Habenaria peramoena FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis peramoena
COMMON NAME:
Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak
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_blpe_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_plpe_003_lvd
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Jim Fowler jafpperamoena_1
July NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Raceme densely or loosely flowered, cylindrical, bracteate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Jim Fowler jafpperamoena_2
July NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_peramoena_10
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_peramoena_2
July
Lip petal split into 3 widely spreading lobes, margin serrated not fringed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_peramoena_20
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera fissa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera peramoena
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-004:
Habenaria peramoena
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis peramoena
2145
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, seepages, moist forests, moist meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in SC, 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
Violet-purple/Phlox-purple
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!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p279
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p176
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p048
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p146
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p403
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p463
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p026
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