Platanthera tescamnis

Platanthera tescamnis, the intermountain bog orchid or yellow rein orchid,^[2] is a species of orchid described in 2006.^[3] The plant is well-known but had been misidentified.^[4] It is native to the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau of the western United States (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California), where it grows in warmer, drier habitat than most related orchids.^[1]

Platanthera tescamnis flowerspike

Platanthera tescamnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. tescamnis
Binomial name
Platanthera tescamnis Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.
Synonyms[1]
Limnorchis tescamnis (Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.) P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra

Platanthera tescamnis produces a slender, erect flowering stem which may exceed one meter (3 ft 3 in) in height. There are several leaves around the base of the stem, lance-shaped to oval and measuring up to 29 centimeters (11 in) long by 5 centimeters (2 in) wide. The inflorescence is a dense spike of many small yellow-green flowers.^[3]