Distribution

Description

Flowering summer.

Height 15-100 cm.

Inflorescence a spike.

Leaves

two to five; blade linear to elliptic; bracts reduced distally.

Flowers

purple to rarely white, resupinate; lip divided into three
primary lobes; lip margins fringed to dentate, lateral sepal
margins entire, dorsal sepal margins dentate to entire.

Spur terete to club-shaped.

Rostellum lobes oriented downwards.

Viscidia circular to subcircular to oblong.

Described hybrids

Hybrid Second Parent

P. x andrewsii (M.White) Luer P.lacera

? P.grandiflora

Habitat

Stream banks, fens, seepy areas.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State Status

Illinois Endangered

Indiana Rare

Iowa Threatened

Kentucky Endangered

Maryland Endangered, Extirpated

New York Exploitably Vulnerable

Ohio Endangered

Tennessee Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status

Facultative Wetland +, Facultative Wetland -

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Ethnobotany

Strong infusion of root and flowers taken by children to treat cramping.
Strong infusion of root taken as a childbirth aid.
Used with other compunds to treat injuries.

Synonyms

Orchis psycodes Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 943. 1753; Habenaria psycodes (Linnaeus) Sprengel

Author and publication information for name

Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 294. 1835.

Vernacular name

Small Purple Fringed Orchid

Link to Interactive Platanthera key

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

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References

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

Native American Ethnobotany, University of Michigan-Dearborn at http://herb.umd.umich.edu/. Accessed primarily in July 2006.

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

Flowering	summer.
Height	15-100 cm.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Leaves	two to five; blade linear to elliptic; bracts reduced distally.
Flowers	purple to rarely white, resupinate; lip divided into three primary lobes; lip margins fringed to dentate, lateral sepal margins entire, dorsal sepal margins dentate to entire.
Spur	terete to club-shaped.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downwards.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular to oblong.

Hybrid	Second Parent
P. x andrewsii (M.White) Luer	P.lacera
?	P.grandiflora

State	Status
Illinois	Endangered
Indiana	Rare
Iowa	Threatened
Kentucky	Endangered
Maryland	Endangered, Extirpated
New York	Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio	Endangered
Tennessee	Threatened