Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer.
Height	30-80 cm.
Inflorescence	a spike.
Leaves	one to three; blade linear to lanceolate to oblong.
Flowers	orange to orange-yellow, resupinate;  all sepals entire; lip one-lobed, margin  fringed.
Spur	terete.
Rostellum	oriented downward.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular.

 

Habitat

Sandy, wet to dry woods, pine barrens and meadows.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Wetland Indicator Status  

Facultative Wetland

Synonyms

Blephariglottis chapmanii Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., 314, 1329. 1903; Habenaria chapmanii (Small) Ames

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Author and publication information for name

Platanthera chapmanii(Small) Luer, Native Orchids Florida. 151. 1972

Vernacular name

Chapman's 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.