Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer.
Height	5-20 cm.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Leaves	one to two; blade elliptic to lanceolate; bracts reduced distally.
Flowers	green to yellow, resupinate; all margins entire.
Spur	terete to club shaped.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downward.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular to oblong.

 

Habitat

Wet tundra.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Wetland indicator status 

Facultative Wetland

Synonyms

Limnorchis behringiana Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 620. 1901; Habenaria behringiana (Rydberg) Ames

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Author and publication information for name

Platanthera tipuloides var. behringiana (Rydb.) Hulten, Ark. Bot. 7: 35. 1968.

Vernacular name

Aleutian Bog 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.