OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Platanthera fissa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Platanthera psycodes

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, 1938)

Blephariglottis psycodes

 

COMMON NAME:
Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid


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image of Platanthera psycodes, Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_p_psychodes_2333

June        NC

image of Platanthera psycodes, Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_p_psychodes_2339

June        NC

image of Platanthera psycodes, Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_p_psychodes_2354

June        NC

image of Platanthera psycodes, Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Keith Bradley    kab_p_psychodes_2357

June        NC

image of Platanthera psycodes, Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

Sam Pratt    sbp_photo13

June    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell State Park

image of Platanthera psycodes, Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid, Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid

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 (Fowler, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera psycodes   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Platanthera fissa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera psycodes

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, 1938)
Blephariglottis psycodes

 

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630

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: northern hardwood forests, other moist forests, seepages, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with floral bracts upward

FLOWER:
Summer
Lilac-lavender/ Pinkish-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
Capsule

 

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