Distribution

Description

Flowering	summer.
Height	35-105 cm.
Inflorescence	spike.
Leaves	two to five; blade lanceolate to oblong to elliptic.
Flowers	purple to pink-purple, resupinate; lip divided into three primary lobes, central lobe usually divided into two secondary lobes; lip margins dentate to erose, to rarely entire; lateral sepal  margins entire; dorsal sepal margins erose to dentate.
Spur	club shaped.
Rostellum	lobes oriented forward.
Viscidia	circular to subcircular.

 

Habitat

Seepy areas, wet woodlands, wet prairies.

Conservation and Wetland Status

Threatened and Endangered Status

State	Status
Arkansas	Threatened
Maryland	Threatened
New Jersey	Endangered
Pennsylvania	Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status  

Facultative Wetland

Synonyms

Habenaria peramoena A. Gray, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 38: 310. 1840

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Author and publication information for name

Platanthera peramoena (A. Gray) A. Gray, Manual. 473. 1848.

Vernacular name

Purple Fringless 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.