Distribution

Description

Flowering	spring to summer.
Height	15-80 cm.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Leaves	one to four; blade linear to oblong; bracts reduced distally.
Flowers	green to yellow to white, resupinate; lip with three lobes; lip margins fimbriate to dentate.
Spur	terete to club shaped.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downward.
Viscidia	linear.

Described hybrids

Hybrid	Second Parent
P. x keenanii P. M. Br.	P.grandiflora
P. x andrewsii (White) Luer	P.psycodes

 

Habitat

Sand barrens, meadows, hillsides, shorelines, bog edges.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
New York	Exploitably vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status  

Facultative Wetland

Synonyms

Orchis lacera Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 156. 1803; Habenaria lacera (Michaux) R. Brown

Chromosome number

2n =  42

Author and publication information for name

Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G. Don, Hort. Brit., ed. 3. 650. 189.

Vernacular name

Ragged Fringed 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.