Distribution

Description

Flowering	late spring and summer.
Height	50-80 cm
Leaves	two to three; blade oblong to lanceolate; bracts reduced distally.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Flowers	white, resupinate; lip margins entire to dentate to erose; lateral sepal margins entire; dorsal entire.
Spur	terete to thickened proximally.
Rostellum	lobes oriented forward.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular.

 

Habitat

Seepy areas, bogs, wet woodlands. 

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
Georgia	Threatened
Kentucky	Threatened
North Carolina	Endangered
Tenessee	Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status  

Obligate Wetland

Synonyms

Habenaria blephariglottis (Willdenow) Hooker var. integrilabia Correll, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 153. 1941;

H. correlliana Cronquist

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Author and publication information for name

Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada. 186. 1975.

Vernacular name

White Fringeless 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.