Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanthera psycodes
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about the Pollination of Platanthera psycodes at Mt. Mitchell State Park, North Carolina by Jim Fowler.
Read more: Purple Fringed Orchids on the Blue Ridge Parkway by Jim Fowler.
This species and P. grandiflora can be easily confused. Read more: Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Learn two characteristics that will help to distinguish Small and Large Purple Fringed Orchid: Click here.
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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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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