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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera lacera
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Ragged Fringed Orchid from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera lacera
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Platanthera lacera
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-001:
Habenaria lacera FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis lacera
COMMON NAME:
Ragged Fringed Orchid, Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_blla2_001_lvd
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Diane Creaton dmc03318
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Rusty Wilson fkw070618_0200
June Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
The lip is divided into 3 lobes, each consisting of hairlike separations, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Rusty Wilson fkw070618_1946
June Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Plant 10-24" tall, usually with 4-6 narrow, pointed leaves, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100626_090
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Sepals ovate to elliptic, obtuse, 4-6mm long, 3-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_lacera_1
June NC
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_lacera_3
June NC
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_lacera_4
June NC
A one-inch spur curls downward behind the lip, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_lacera_5
June NC
The lip's delicate threadlike fringe gives this plant its common name, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera lacera
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera lacera
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera lacera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-001:
Habenaria lacera
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephariglottis lacera
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, bogs, seepages, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, reduced upward
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish-green/ Whitish-green
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
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p228
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p121
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p119
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p042
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p072
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p175
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p047
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p142
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p402
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p461
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p027
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