Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer.
Height	10-100 cm.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Leaves	few to many, usually basally; blade lanceolate to linear; bracts reduced distally.
Flowers	green to white, resupinate; all  margins entire.
Spur	terete to club shaped.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downward.
Viscidia	elliptic to subcircular.

 

Described hybrids

Hybrid	Second Parent
	P.dilatata

Habitat

Fens, marshes, seepy areas, tundra; insolated areas.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
New York	Exploitably vulnerable

 

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Synonyms

Orchis huronensis Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 189. 1818; Habenaria hyperborea (Linnaeus)

R. Brown var. huronensis (Nuttall) Farwell; H. x media (Rydberg) Niles; Limnorchis media Rydberg;

Platanthera hyperborea (Linnaeus) Lindley var. huronensis (Nuttall) Luer; P. media (Rydberg) Luer

Chromosome number

2n = 84

 

Author and publication information for name

Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 288. 1835.

Vernacular name

Huron Green Orchid

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.

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