Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer to fall.
Height	20-75 cm.
Leaves	one to three; blade oblong to lanceolate; bracts reduced distally.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Flowers	yellow to orange, resupinate; lip margins dentate to erose, undulate to rarely entire; lateral sepal margin entire; dorsal sepal margin erose to dentate.
Spur	terete, reduced at apex.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downwards.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular.

 

 

Habitat

Wet woods, pine barrens.  Wet sandy soil. 

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
Florida	Endangered
New Jersey	Endangered
North Carolina	Threatened
Tennessee	Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status  

Obligate Wetland

Synonyms

Orchis integra Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 188. 1818; Habenaria integra (Nuttall) Sprengel

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Author and publication information for name

Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A. Gray ex L. C. Beck, Bot. North. Middle States ed. 2. 348. 1848.

Vernacular name

Yellow Fringless Orchid

Orange Rein 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.