Platanthera stricta is a species of orchid known by the common name slender bog orchid. It is native to western North America from Alaska and Yukon south to Utah and northern California.[3][4]
Quick Facts Slender bog orchid, Conservation status ...
| Slender bog orchid |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Monocots |
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Asparagales |
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Orchidaceae |
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Orchidoideae |
| Genus: |
Platanthera |
| Species: |
P. stricta |
| Binomial name |
Platanthera stricta
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| Synonyms[2] |
- Habenaria borealis var. viridiflora Cham.
- Orchis dolichorhiza Fisch. ex Lindl.
- Platanthera gracilis Lindl.
- Platanthera dolichorrhiza (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Platanthera dilatata var. gracilis Ledeb.
- Platanthera dilatata var. viridiflora (Cham.) Ledeb.
- Habenaria gracilis (Ledeb.) S.Watson
- Habenaria saccata Greene
- Habenaria stricta (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Platanthera gracilis (Ledeb.) Kraenzl.
- Limnorchis stricta (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Limnorchis gracilis (Lindl.) Rydb.
- Limnorchis viridiflora (Cham.) Rydb.
- Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatatoides Hultén
- Habenaria neomexicana Tidestr.
- Habenaria septentrionalis Tidestr.
- Platanthera stricta var. gracilis (Lindl.) Hultén
- Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora (Cham.) Kitam.
- Habenaria convallariifolia var. dilatatoides (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Habenaria saccata var. gracilis (Lindl.) B.Boivin
- Platanthera saccata (Greene) Hultén
- Limnorchis saccata (Greene) Á.Löve & W.Simon
- Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis (Lindl.) Luer
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Platanthera stricta grows in wet areas, such as shady forest meadows. It produces a slender, erect flowering stem up to about 80 centimetres (31 in) tall. The longest leaves near the base of the stem are up to 11 centimetres (4+1⁄3 in) long by 2.5 centimetres (1 in) wide. The inflorescence has widely spaced green flowers, sometimes tinged red or purple. The sepals and petals are around one-half centimetre (1⁄4 in) long and each flower has a club-shaped spur.[citation needed]
