Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer.
Height	30-165 cm.
Inflorescence	spike.
Leaves	few to many; blade lanceolate; bracts reduced distally.
Flowers	green to yellow, resupinate; all margins entire; lip lanceolate to nearly linear.
Spur	terete.
Rostellum	lobes oriented downward.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular.

 

 

Habitat

Seepy areas, woodlands at higher elevation (1800-4000 m.).

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
Arizona	Salvage restricted

Synonyms

Habenaria limosa (Lindley) Hemsley; H. thurberi A. Gray; Limnorchis arizonica Rydberg

top

Author and publication information for name

Platanthera limosa Lindl., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 381. 1840.

Vernacular name

Thurber's 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.