familyOrchidaceae
subfamilyOrchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
genusPlatanthera
speciesPlatanthera dilatata
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 557.
Lip usually with basal dilation moderately to strongly developed, 5–10 mm; spur slenderly cylindric to slightly clavate, 4–12 mm (± as long as lip, mostly within 2 mm), apex obtuse to tapered; viscidia linear to linear-oblong. 2n = 42.
Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Wet meadows, tundra, marshes, fens, stream banks, shores, ditches, seeping slopes, roadsides
Elevation: 0–3100 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.Y., Utah, Vt., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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separating +
self-pollination +
developed +
entire +
basal +
indehiscent +
absent +
symmetric +
white +
resupinate +
epigynous +
few;many +
bisexual +
ellipsoid;cylindric +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
Wet meadows, tundra, marshes, fens, stream banks, shores, ditches, seeping slopes, roadsides +
connate +
scattered +
conduplicate +
ascending;recurved-spreading +
basal +
spurred +
descending +
basal +
modified +
differing in form and color +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
ovate;linear-lance-falcate +
subdivided +
straight +
fertile +
reduced +
Bot. North. Middle States, +
1833 +
creeping +
tuberous +
fasciculate +
lancefusiform +
fleshy +
obscure +
rounded +
small +
numerous +
greener +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
Endemic +
dense +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
sheathing +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
terete +
absent +
adnate +
Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata +
Platanthera dilatata +
variety +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
free +
perennial +
subterranean +
erect to somewhat +
succulent +