Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer.
Height	15-30 cm.
Inflorescence	spike.
Leaves	few to many; blade elliptic to lanceolate.
Flowers	white, green or yellow, resupinate; all margins entire.
Spur	club shaped to terete.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downward.
Viscidia	oblong, circular to subcircular to spatulate.

 

Habitat

Tundra, seepy areas, wet meadows, fens.

Synonyms

Limnorchis convallariifolius (Fischer ex Lindley) Rydberg

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Author and publication information for name

Platanthera convallariifolia Fisch. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 287. 1835

 

Link to Interactive Platanthera key

http://utc.usu.edu/keys/Platanthera/Platanthera.html

References

C. J. Sheviak  (2003). Flora of North America, Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Vol. 26:496-571. Oxford University Press.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. PLANTS Database. http://plants.usda.gov/index.html. Accessed primarily in July 2006.