OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. flava   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. flava   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Platanthera flava var. flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Platanthera flava var. flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Platanthera flava var. flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010a:

Habenaria flava var. flava   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Perularia bidentata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Perularia scutellata

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike


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image of Platanthera flava var. flava, Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pefl13_001_lvd

        

image of Platanthera flava var. flava, Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike

Jim Fowler    jafp8025065

August    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

A loose terminal spike of 10-40 yellowish-green flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Platanthera flava var. flava, Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike

Jim Fowler    jafpflavaflava_1

August    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Platanthera flava var. flava, Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike

Jim Fowler    jafpflavaflava_group

August    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Leaves lanceolate, 2-8" long, reduced upward to short bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Platanthera flava var. flava   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanthera flava var. flava   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanthera flava var. flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Platanthera flava var. flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Platanthera flava var. flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-03-010a:
Habenaria flava var. flava   FAMILY Orchidaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia bidentata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Perularia scutellata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2144

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shaded wet places, such as swampy forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, with short floral bracts upward

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-green/ Greenish
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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